Australia’s Pacific Pivot Continues to Counter Beijing’s Pacific Push

Australia’s Pacific Pivot Continues to Counter Beijing’s Pacific Push
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong arrives at Pacific Island Forum in Suva, Fiji on May 26, 2022. Pita Simpson/Getty Images
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The Australian government is continuing its counter to Beijing’s Pacific push, with the Foreign Minister Penny Wong announcing a new media deal with the Marshall Islands on Oct. 14.

Wong is carrying out her eighth official bilateral visit, since her appointment in May, to the Pacific region where she is visiting the nations of the Marshall Islands and Nauru to enhance diplomatic and cultural ties in the region.

Victoria Kelly-Clark
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Victoria Kelly-Clark is an Australian based reporter who focuses on national politics and the geopolitical environment in the Asia-pacific region, the Middle East and Central Asia.
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