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7.59am BST

Asking about the prime minister's Lowy institute speech - the "negative globalism" one, Penny Wong asks for the difference between positive and negative globalism.

It doesn't look like anyone can.

7.50am BST

Penny Wong is asking PM&C officials about "BurnedSpy" (a name she laughs as she says out loud) and whether the department has taken any investigations as a consequence of the claims made in the story (that he regularly posts on conspiracy QAnon conspiracy sites and their partner works on the prime minister's staff).

Mathias Cormann takes everything on notice.