Australia news live: Wong pushes Chinese counterpart on submarine missile launch in face-to-face Manila meeting

Australia’s foreign affairs minister discussed the importance of peace in the Pacific at her meeting with Wang Yi in the wings of Asean. Follow today’s news live

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Penny Wong also criticised “destabilising and dangerous conduct” by China following a clash at a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, AFP reports.

The Philippines and China summoned each other’s ambassadors on Tuesday after the Philippine military accused the China Coast Guard of clubbing a Filipino sailor with a baton on Monday as they approached a grounded vessel that has long served as a Philippine garrison.
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