Deputy Labor Leader Richard Marles says Prime Minister Scott Morrison is willing to “take the big game” and “blames everyone else” concerning the China-Solomon Islands security deal.
“Under this government, we’ve got Scott Morrison standing here at home, beating his chest, while he leaves the field vacant in the Pacific,” he said.
“I could not have imagined that our relationships with the Pacific could have been stuffed up so badly by this government.”
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