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‘One voice’: PM Scott Morrison wants power to tear up foreign agreements
The Belt and Road Initiative in Victoria, sister cities and international education partnerships could be torn up in a sweeping move by the federal government to...
The federal government is citing “complex” national security concerns as it makes the case for its new Australia’s Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements…
- Josh Butler
- The New Daily
Under the legislation, Foreign Minister Marise Payne would be allowed to stop state and territory governments, local government, universities and other…
This could include Victoria’s controversial Belt and Road Initiative agreement with China, a so-called “soft power” exercise from Beijing which…