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• What does the PM's trip to China mean for Taiwan? | Insiders On Background

  There has been plenty of discussion about what Anthony Albanese got out of his six-day visit to China this week. But what did China get out of the trip?

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• Laura Tingle on the PM, Trump and Xi

  The Prime Minister is wrapping up his six-day visit to China, following what he says was a "constructive" meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. But Donald Trump made his presence felt from afar — so did this intervention hang over the trip? Laura Tingle joined The Party Room from a panda research base in Chengdu for some analysis (and panda chat).And back home, the Albanese Government is signalling legislation to strip funding from childcare centres will be a top priority when parliament returns. So, how different will the parliament look when it returns next week?Brett Worthington and Jade Macmillan are joined by Laura Tingle, ABC Global Affairs Editor on The Party Room.Got a burning question?Got a burning political query? Send a short voice recording to PK and Fran for Question Time at [email protected]

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• What the PM did and didn't say to President Xi Jinping

  President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have officially sat down together in China.It's the crown in the jewel of this week’s diplomatic exercise, with friends (and enemies) across the world eager to hear what’s been said, and what the results might be. Has the PM successfully walked the diplomatic tightrope?And on Australian soil former Treasury head Ken Henry has addressed the National Press Club, in the same week as FOI revelations from a Treasury report to the government on housing and tax threw up questions over whether lofty goals are reachable without major changes.Patricia Karvelas and David Speers break it all down on Politics Now.Got a burning question?Got a burning political query? Send a short voice recording to PK and Fran for Question Time at [email protected]

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• Does Labor have a chance to be ambitious about housing?

  A spotlight is once again on the government’s ambitious signature housing targets, following unexpected revelations from an ABC Freedom of Information request. Could the government use this as a test of our appetite for housing reform?And Minister for Home Affairs Tony Burke says we need to believe Anti-Semitism Envoy Jillian Segal AO when she says she didn’t know of her husband's trust donations to a right-wing political lobby group.Patricia Karvelas and Tom Crowley break it all down on Politics Now.Got a burning question?Got a burning political query? Send a short voice recording to PK and Fran for Question Time at [email protected]

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• Will the PM find a friend in China?

  China has rolled out the red carpet for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.While our biggest trading partner is lobbing love bombs, our most powerful ally, the United States, is demanding truth bombs.With more meetings to go will this diplomatic exercise help, or hurt, the government’s standing on the world stage and at home?And an ABC Freedom of Information request has revealed a little more than Treasury, or the government, bargained for.Patricia Karvelas and Jacob Greber break it all down on Politics Now.Got a burning question?Got a burning political query? Send a short voice recording to PK and Fran for Question Time at [email protected]

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