Australia politics live: Albanese to meet Modi to talk trade and defence; voice debate runs late into night

The prime minister will host Narendra Modi at Admiralty House in Sydney. Follow the day’s news live

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Over on ABC radio RN Breakfast and Liberal moderate Simon Birmingham was on the fence over whether or not anyone should bring up the concerns of human rights groups about the treatment of Muslims and other minorities in India with prime minister Narendra Modi. Anthony Albanese will be meeting with him later this morning, but Birmingham and opposition leader Peter Dutton will also have an opportunity to meet him.

Australia should always be predictable and consistent with how we apply our values in the world,” he said.

…our values are our own, we don’t get to control what happens in other countries “