Labor has accused Scott Morrison of trashing Australia’s standing in the Pacific and alienating its friends at the Pacific Islands Forum in Tuvalu, while a former president of Kiribati has urged Australia’s membership to be reviewed.
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| Labor’s shadow foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, says Scott Morrison has ‘undermined the Pacific step-up’ with his behaviour at the Pacific Islands Forum. |
Anote Tong said the forum should consider possible sanctions or suspension of Australia for its continued “protestations” on coal and climate.
“What is the relevance of Australia’s ongoing protestations in the forum?,” he said. “If it’s going to continue with that line, it poses a danger to the other countries in that forum.
“How can you justify being part of a family and part of a group which you’re trying to destroy?”
Read the story from The Guardian by Lisa Cox and AAP - “Morrison’s ‘arrogance’ on climate blasted as Australia accused of ‘trying to destroy’ Pacific islands.”
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