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If there's one thing Pacific nations don't need, it's yet another infrastructure investment bank

  • Written by Susan Engel, Senior Lecturer, Politics and International Studies, University of Wollongong

If Scott Morrison was looking for a way to prove Australia is a good neighbour to Pacific nations, he could hardly have chosen a worse option.

Looking for a policy to combat both China and his domestic Opposition, the Australian prime minister last week announced a plan involving billions of dollars for Pacific nations.

Billions of dollars in...

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