Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been filmed privately joking with a senior US diplomat to “go halvies" on Australia's newly unveiled $400M Pacific Policing Initiative - which Albo says will strengthen collective peace and security. The initiative is widely seen by analysts as a rebuke to China's efforts to grow its own policing and security footprint in the region.
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00We're making our way through the Pacific, you know, just to tour.
00:12Well, we had a cracker today, getting the Pacific Glacier Initiative through.
00:17This is fantastic that you did this.
00:19It's so important.
00:21This is great that you did it.
00:23And I talked with Kevin about it, and so, you know, we were going to do something,
00:27he asked us not to, so we did not.
00:29We're just having a chat.
00:30You've given me the lane.
00:31Very good.
00:32Take the lane.
00:33I like your ambition.
00:34You can get us Harveys on the coast if you like.
00:38Have we touched you a bit?
00:40Yeah.
00:41Come on.