AUST: Downer attacks leaders of Fiji and Solomons
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Australia's Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer says Australia can't be weak or compliant in confronting leaders in the South Pacific. Mr Downer attacked the leaders of Fiji and Solomon Islands during a foreign policy debate in Canberra in the campaign for Australia's national election on November the 24th. The Labor Opposition Foreign spokesman, Robert McLelland, argued that Australia needs to build partnerships in the South Pacific, saying that the Arc of Instability must be seen as Australia's Arc of Responsibility.
Presenter: Graeme Dobell
Speakers: Alexander Downer, Australia's Foreign Minister; Robert McLelland, Opposition Foreign spokesman
