Thread by @RNBreakfast

Constructive and with no preconditions.

That's how the PM Anthony Albanese is characterising his long-awaited meeting with China's leader Xi Jinping, later today.

Treasurer @JEChalmers joins @RNBreakfast shortly to discuss #auspol.📻📻📻

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@JEChalmers What's Australia's ambition here?

"We seek a more stable relationship with China"

- @JEChalmers Treasurer

@JEChalmers "we will speak up for our national interest where necessary, but we believe engagement is important to give ourselves the chance to work through some of these issues if we're talking to each other"

- @JEChalmers, Treasurer

@JEChalmers Does this meeting mean trade sanctions will start being wound back?

"we've made it really clear for some time.. that these trade sanctions are not in Australia's interests, and we want to see them lifted"

- @JEChalmers

@JEChalmers What concessions is Australia willing to make?

"I don't think anybody pretends some of the issues China has raised, certainly some we have raised will be solved overnight, but again we give ourselves a much better chance where there is engagement and dialogue"

- @JEChalmers

@JEChalmers Will the Prime Minister bring up the treatment of two Australians including journalist Cheng Lei and writer Yang Hengjun?

"Australia's made its views clear over a long period of time when it comes to the detention of these two people"

- @JEChalmers

@JEChalmers What do you regard as a success?

"our objective is a more stable relationship.. if this meeting is conducted in a calm, considered way, then I think that is a really, really important start"

- @JEChalmers

@JEChalmers G20 summit:

"the chaos in energy markets, brought about by Russia's war in Ukraine is the defining challenge in the global economy"

- @JEChalmers , Treasurer

@JEChalmers On domestic gas prices - wjat mechanisms are you leaning towards?

"our first preference is to find a regulatory solution here, rather than a tax solution here, I think we've said that in different days over the course of the last couple of weeks"

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@JEChalmers (PT 1)

@JEChalmers " see if we can find a temporary, meaningful, sensible and responsible intervention in this market"

- @JEChalmers (PT 2)

@JEChalmers Once a decision on the intervention is made, how long until it starts to lower prices?

"we'll do it in a calm and considered way, but we'll do it as urgently as we can"

- @JEChalmers

@JEChalmers "There's a lot of complexity in these policy areas and I don't want to pretend to your listeners there's an easy lever to pull"

- @JEChalmers