Xi and Albanese enlist panda diplomacy, war games unfold and the Trump spectacle dominates everything

Yachties enjoying a cruise along the Queensland coast have been warned to stay clear of the massive military exercise taking place at Shoalwater Bay over the next week. As the ABC’s Ellie Willcox reported on Friday, there will be no safe anchorage for about 100 nautical miles from Yeppoon north to the Percy Island group during the bigger-than-ever Australian-US military exercise known as Exercise Talisman Sabre. This year it involves 30,000 military personnel from 19 nations. Warning for yachties as live-fire war games start Photo shows Marine Danger Talisman 2 A marine danger alert is in place on Queensland’s Capricorn…