Australia-France in Pacific policy dilemma

AUSTRALIAN Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Defence Minister Richard Marles have just met their French counterparts Catherine Colonna and Sébastien Lecornu in Paris, at a “2+2” ministerial meeting to rebuild the France-Australia strategic partnership in the Indo-Pacific region.

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Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Defence Minister Richard Marles with their French counterparts Catherine Colonna and Sébastien Lecornu in Paris

But what does this engagement mean for the Albanese government's "First Nations foreign policy", and the rights of colonised peoples in France's Pacific dependencies?
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