Australian PM says proposed foreign veto powers not aimed at China

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A proposed Australian law that would give the federal government powers to cancel any agreements local authorities and public institutions make or have made with foreign governments is not aimed at China, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday.

FILE PHOTO: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 25, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Recent controversial deals include lease by the Northern Territories’ government of Port of Darwin to Chinese-owned Landbridge Group in 2015 and a spate of large agricultural land purchases. “If the prime minister has got time to do these things, then that’s fine for him... I don’t, I’m exclusively focused on fighting this virus,” Andrews told reporters in Melbourne.Nearly all Australian states have in recent years also signed cooperation deals with Chinese provinces, covering industries such as mining, education and tourism.

 

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If his lips are moving, he's lying He couldn't lie straight in bed

How's it even possible for single states, counties to make deals with countries? Makes no political sense.

Australia is in trouble with China. Big trouble.

Liar!

The polite fictions of diplomacy...

ahahaha, oh scotty boy. ya aint fooling anyone mate.

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