Anthony Albanese jokingly suggested the US could go halves with Australia on a $400 million regional policing plan.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has questioned the ethics of a New Zealand journalist for recording his private chat with a leading United States official on the sidelines of a Pacific leaders summit.
During the discussion in Tonga, the Prime Minister jokingly asked Campbell, the Biden administration's Indo-Pacific expert, whether the US would go "halvies" on the $400 million price of the policing initiative.From left: Pacific Minister Pat Conroy, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Tongan Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nuku'alofa, Tonga.
"I talked with Kevin about it – so you know, we were going to do something and he asked us not to so we did not. We've given you the lane, so take the lane!"While the pair were chatting, their exchanges were being filmed by Radio New Zealand reporter Lydia Lewis.Australian Federal Police officers were deployed to the Solomon Islands earlier this year for the country's election.
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