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A former senior diplomat has accused Scott Morrison of losing the trust of the Pacific and ushering in greater influence by China.
Former Australian envoy says Australia's lost Pacific trust | 2022-05-16 13:22:31
Scott Morrison walked quickly into the Beauty Point Bowls club in northern Tasmania and was immediately greeted by the club president Mick Savage.
A former Australian envoy to the Solomon Islands has accused Australia’s government of losing the trust of South Pacific island countries and of ushering in greater Chinese influence. Retired career diplomat Trevor Sofield told a security summit yesterday that he found it “inconceivable” that the Solomon Islands government did not trust Australia enough to consult with it when a bilateral security pact with Beijing was first considered. “That would not have happened a few years ago,” said Sofield, who was Australian high commissioner to the Solomon Islands from 1982 to 1985. The pact...