Pacific in PM's sights amid China pressure

By Marnie Banger
Updated May 27 2019 - 9:13am, first published 9:08am
PM Scott Morrison is heading to the Solomon Islands as part of his pivot to the Indo-Pacific region.
PM Scott Morrison is heading to the Solomon Islands as part of his pivot to the Indo-Pacific region.

Australia's effort to ramp up relationships with its Pacific island neighbours is not a bid to head off a potentially greater Chinese presence in the region, Foreign Minister Marise Payne has stressed.

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