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(ABC News: Nick Haggarty) Both Wang Yi and Penny Wong have delivered brief opening remarks at beginning of their high-level talks in Canberra, and there were relatively few surprises from either Foreign Minister. Penny Wong told Wang Yi that Australia "welcomed" China's steps to unwind heavy tariffs on Australian wine, saying "predictability in business and trade" was in the interests of both countries. She also made a clear reference to China's increasingly aggressive behaviour in the South China Sea, as well as Beijing's move to cut off all high-level communication with Australia in 2020 when the relationship hit rock bottom,...