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  1. Australia is pursuing influence in the Indo-Pacific, using diplomatic trips to Fiji and Solomon Islands to compete with China.
  2. Anthony Albanese is seeking a security pact in the Pacific region aimed at countering China's growing influence.
  3. Australia announced a new defense pact with Fiji on July 1st.
  4. Missile tests occur in the Pacific, challenging the regional status quo while a mutual defence pact signals a strategic shift involving Australia, China, and Fiji.

Australia, in collaboration with NZDF, is conducting drone tests off the Coromandel coast as part of a broader strategic shift in the Pacific.

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Australia, in collaboration with NZDF, is conducting drone tests off the Coromandel coast as part of a broader strategic shift in the Pacific.

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Missile tests occur in the Pacific, challenging the regional status quo while a mutual defence pact signals a strategic shift involving Australia, China, and Fiji. All 3 developments

Within Australia is pursuing influence in the Indo-Pacific, using diplomatic trips to Fiji and Solomon Islands to compete with China.

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