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| Welcome mat to go?: Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison arrives at the Leaders Retreat during the Pacific Islands Forum last week in Funafuti, Tuvalu. |
Australia's membership of the Pacific Islands Forum should be "urgently reviewed" for possible sanctions or suspension over the Morrison government's pro-coal stance, says Anote Tong, a former president of Kiribati.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison's resistance to demands by forum leaders at last week's gathering in Tuvalu for a global ban on new coal-fired power plants and coal mines has also drawn criticism from Rachel Kyte, a special United Nations representative, who described support for the fossil fuel as "reckless and cruel”.
Read the story from The Sydney Morning Herald by Peter Hannam - “Call for Australia's Pacific membership to be suspended over coal.”
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