Australia’s former minister for the Pacific region, Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, has questioned the centre-right Coalition government’s plans to increase investments in infrastructure in the South Pacific.
The A$2 billion ($1.4 billion) Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific aims to provide grants and long-term loans for investments in telecommunications, energy, transport, and water infrastructure, Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced in November. The plan was first floated by former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in the last months of his leadership when Fierravanti-Wells was his minister.
