Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has condemned China's missile test in the Pacific as a "provocative act", suggesting it destablises the region.

It comes as the PM holds bilateral talks with his Solomon Islands counterpart and continues his regional diplomacy blitz.

And back home, as preparations get underway for the Federal Labor Conference, there are already some clear battlelines taking shape.

Melissa Clarke and Tom Crowley break it all down on Politics Now.

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