Scott Morrison blasted for Solomon Islands security pact 'failure' after Pacific nation signs deal with China

· Updated April 20 2022 - 8:44pm, first published 8:30am

Labor leader Anthony Albanese has described the signing of a controversial security pact between China and the Solomon Islands as a "massive foreign policy failure on the Prime Minister's watch" and ripped into Scott Morrison's decision to send the "junior" Minister for the Pacific Zed Seselja to try and stop it.

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