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Of course it’s all about the money

18 October 2018

11:21 AM

18 October 2018

11:21 AM

An undiplomatic incident in a Canberra restaurant? Enough to get those delicate maiden aunts from the ABC and Fairfax holding hankies scented with Eau de Cologne up to their noses:

Environment Minister Melissa Price has been accused of offending a key Pacific leader by declaring the region was “always” seeking cash from Australia, sparking a political dispute over her alleged remarks at a Canberra restaurant on Tuesday night…

Mr [Anote] Tong, who led Kiribati from 2003 to 2016, was dining with Labor senator Pat Dodson and others at La Rustica restaurant in the Canberra suburb of Kingston and was introduced to Ms...

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