Scott Morrison accuses Anthony Albanese of siding with China as Labor leader wins support of 40% of undecided voter forum over PM’s 35%
Australia’s political leaders have traded barbs over China’s security agreement with Solomon Islands, withlabelling it a “Pacific stuff-up” and Scott Morrison accusing him of siding with China.
Facing the Sky News town hall of undecided voters, Morrison credited Labor for “great” reforms like the national disability insurance scheme but claimed theAt one point Morrison suggested to a woman, Catherine, whose autistic son, Ethan’s, NDIS package had been cut that he had been “blessed” with two children who “haven’t had to go through that”. Morrison added the explanation that was why he “can only try and understand your aspirations for those children”.
Both leaders put the difficulties of the first week behind them, with no gotchas on economic figures or questions over divisions in theThe most heated exchange of the evening came when discussing Albanese said national security should not be the subject of an “outrageous slur” like that. Despite China’s more forceful posture, Australia is “not really stepping up”, he said.
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