Published: August 16, 2019
Penny Wong says PM has ‘alienated our friends’ and diminished influence in region
Labor has accused Scott Morrison of trashing Australia’s standing in the Pacific and alienating its friends at the Pacific Islands Forum in Tuvalu.
Labor’s foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, said Morrison’s “arrogance” was to blame for tension at the summit. On Saturday, the Fijian prime minister, Frank Bainimarama told Guardian Australia that Morrison’s approach during the leaders’ retreat on Thursday was “very insulting and condescending” and would push nations closer to China.
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