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Following the controversy surrounding the signing of a security pact between Solomon Islands and China, Labor is set to announce a package of reforms to boost Australia's relationship with the Pacific.

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce says Australia will try to meet its net zero target, but has supported his candidate who said it wasn't "binding".

Defence Minister Peter Dutton says Australia can only preserve peace by preparing for war, while Labor's deputy leader criticises the government for failing to prepare Australia for any future conflict.

Photos from the 2022 Anzac Dawn Service at the war memorial.

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Monday: Australians pay respects to fallen soldiers as Anzac Day commemorations return after Covid disruptions. Plus: Emmanuel Macron defeats far right’s Marine Le Pen for French presidency

A political scuffle over the Prime Minister's clumsy use of the word "blessed" has thrust the NDIS back into the spotlight and triggered important questions about the scheme's sustainability. However, they are questions that neither side of politics is yet prepared to answer.

Australians have gathered in large numbers at events across the country and overseas to mark Anzac Day, as war once again threatens Europe.

Warnings of dramatically escalating extinctions in Australia over the next two decades seem to be falling on deaf ears