This week in Australian foreign affairs: Morrison at the G7 Plus, steps towards an Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement, Payne and Dutton meet with their German counterparts, Hawke on the ‘Biloela family’, and more.

The hot air generated by G7 leaders at the weekend talkfest arguably would have sustained a dozen soaring thermal balloons. But how far did G7 talks in Cornwall succeed in achieving the summit’s overblown aims?

China has adopted a “salami slicing” tactic on the Himalaya, while New Delhi has adopted a tit-for-tat strategy to resist Beijing’s ambitions. A stable border equilibrium will occur when the two countries align their views on the legitimacy of the Line of Actual Control.