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Pat Conroy on Labor’s engagement with our Pacific neighbours

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Does Australia Have Any Concerns About This?

There's something like 15 million pacific islanders living as close as four kilometers from australia. Solem non tis is just one country in the pacific that's obviously in astralia's sights at the moment. We have to be very careful about interfering in the internal processes of nations, particularly nations that are debiding things through a democratically elected parliament. And it's important to respect those processes. But isn't also important for australia to make sure it sort of strongly supports democratic institutions in these countries where democracy can be a bit shaky? The united states has signed an agreement with china which will see them work together on issues such as energy and climate change.

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