Anthony Albanese, Australia news, Australian election 2022, Australian politics, China, Scott Morrison, Solomon Islands
‘Foreign policy blunder’: PM defends Solomons Island stance as Labor goes on the attack – video
Labor’s Penny Wong has called a newly signed security agreement between China and Solomon Islands, ‘the worst Australian foreign policy blunder in the Pacific since the end of world war two’. Prime minister Scott Morrison defended the move, saying he thinks of the Pacific ‘as siblings’ not as children. ‘You don’t go around stomping around telling leaders in Pacific Islands what they should and shouldn’t do’