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Australia Misses the Wood for the Trees

The Australian Federal Government recently vetoed two Belt and Road memorandums of understanding (MOUs) signed between the state of Victoria and China’s National Development and Reform Commission.

Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne said the arrangements were considered to be “inconsistent with Australia’s foreign policy or adverse to Australia’s foreign relations.”

Newly appointed Defense Minister Peter Dutton thundered

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