The home affairs minister is “remarkably desperate and unhinged” for suggesting China announced its security deal with the Solomon Islands to interfere with the election campaign, Labor says. auspol 7NEWS
MP Karen Andrews said the timing of the announcement was significant and Beijing was “clearly aware” Australia was in the middle of a federal election.
“We talk about political interference and that has many forms, so I think we need to be very much aware of what Beijing is doing, what its plans are, what it’s trying to achieve in the actions it’s taking in the Solomons,” she told 4BC radio on Wednesday.Andrews also suggested China was taking note of which members of parliament had been aligned with them in the past.
“They would be watching very closely what is happening here, and again, I think some of the actions and the timing of that is a cause for concern,” she said.Credit:“Even by the incredibly low standards of this government, I thought what Karen Andrews said was remarkably desperate and remarkably unhinged,” he told reporters in Canberra.
“On a day when inflation is going through the roof, on a day when it becomes clearer than ever that ordinary working families are falling behind and can’t get ahead, it says everything about this government that they want to make a claim like that.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Too little, too late: who will fix the home care crisis for Australia’s ageing population?As aged care firms as a key election battleground, thousands are still dying each year waiting for home care packages
Read more »
Charlotte Brontë’s $1.25m ‘little book’ of 10 poems returns homeManuscript entitled A Book of Ryhmes measures 10cm by 6cm and was written by the author when she was 13
Read more »
‘Could stress your budget’: First-home buyers warned of hidden $11,000 stingFirst-time buyers who manage to scrape enough of a deposit together to get into the pricey property market are being warned to do their sums with care.
Read more »
‘Could stress your budget’: First-home buyers warned of hidden $11,000 stingFirst-home buyers who scrape into the property market on a low deposit could face almost $1000 extra in monthly mortgage repayments by the end of next year as interest rates rise.
Read more »
Karl Stefanovic makes ‘vegetation application’ on his Sydney home - realestate.com.auTelevision star Karl Stefanovic has taken a new age approach to renovating his ageing Sydney home.
Read more »
Peter ‘Spida’ Everitt and wife Sheree sell Gold Coast home - realestate.com.auAFL cult star turned radio host Peter ‘Spida’ Everitt and wife Sheree have sold their lavish home to a bodybuilder in a classic Gold Coast trade.
Read more »