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Friday Wrap: Marape visits parliament and the winner and losers of the first sitting week

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James Marape salutes as he walks past defence personnel outside parliament house.
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape at Parliament House in Canberra, February 8, 2024.(ABC News: Ian Cutmore)

Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister made history, becoming the first Pacific leader to address a joint sitting of Parliament.

Plus, Chinese Australian writer Yang Hengjun sentenced to death by a Beijing court.

GUESTS:

Peter Hartcher, political and international editor of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age

Fran Kelly, Radio National’s Saturday Extra

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