PRIME MINISTER TO HOST SERIES OF PACIFIC LEADER MEETINGS IN QUEENSLAND

CANBERRA, ACT, July 8 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release:

After returning from Fiji and the Solomon Islands and signing historic agreements with Fiji and Vanuatu, Prime Minister Albanese will host Pacific leaders from Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Tonga in Brisbane for ongoing regional security talks.

These important meetings will take place on the same day that Australia's historic mutual defence treaty with PNG comes into force.

Prime Minister Albanese will hold bilateral meetings with each of the Leaders in Brisbane to discuss regional security, trade and economic growth opportunities.

He will then host the Leaders at State of Origin Game III at Suncorp Stadium. The Albanese Labor Government is helpin...