Foreign aid cuts by Australia are partly to blame for the controversial security deal between China and Solomon Islands, says Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers.
Foreign aid cuts by Australia are partly to blame for the controversial security deal between China and Solomon Islands, Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers says.Mr Chalmers says Australia's relationships in the Pacific are more complex than aid funding
Labor continues to accuse Prime Minister Scott Morrison of bungling the relationship following the pact,. However, the same work found that funding to the Solomon Islands decreased 43 per cent to $US129 million in 2019 from a peak in 2011."And it is a common view across the national security establishment, that that has been detrimental to our interests in the Pacific.""Foreign aid is part of the story, but it's not the whole story. Climate change matters to our Pacific Island friends," he said.
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