ANALYSIS: Could this pandemic reset the way the entire world interacts with China? Some politicians think it's inevitable
As some Australian politicians have learned — to their cost — speaking out on China can be a career-limiting move, but the emergence of COVID-19 in Wuhan has emboldened politicians who want answers from Beijing about the origin of the virus and suspected coverups in the early weeks of the outbreak.
"The US is saying they've got documentation which demonstrates that the virus had a particular path or origin, I think they'll detail all of that information," he said on Channel Nine's Today show this morning."We do want more transparency." "I think it's a good thing that there's [some] transparency and that hopefully you can have China answering these questions that are reasonably put and people can have more confidence."Mr Dutton said with more than 60 Australians dead, the Chinese Government owed us all an explanation.
Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack agrees China has some explaining to do, though maybe not right now.
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