The security pact between China and Solomon Islands is a “really, really bad result” for Australia, says former Labor minister Graham Richardson. “The fact that we didn’t really know it was happening would suggest a terrible failure of intelligence, a shocking failure,” Mr Richardson said. “Somebody’s got to be held to account for that, because it’s something that’s placed Australia in a much poorer position than it should have been.”
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