Senator Penny Wong has pressed foreign minister Marise Payne and Dfat officials to explain how prime minister Scott Morrison incorrectly stated Australia’s position on Taiwan during two separate interviews with 3AW and SBS.
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After confirming Australia’s ‘one country, two systems’ approach referred to Hong Kong, Payne was pressed why the PM repeated the incorrect position. ‘Did he just make a mistake?’ Wong asked. ‘I can’t speak for the prime minister,’ Payne deflected
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