'Worst foreign policy duo': Wong and Albanese put China relationship 'above national

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong are putting the China relationship "above national security", says Sky News host Sharri Markson. “Labor insider Cameron Milner … says there's a pattern of capitulation to China from the Albanese government that should be deeply worrying," she said. Mr Milner said in a piece titled ‘ALP is China's lapdog’ that China will see ‘a PM grinning to gratuitous compliments while avoiding raising matters of genuine national interest’. ‘Australia needs to have a proper conversation about how we defend our values and our neighbours from foreign aggression. Defunding ASPI might keep you sweet with the Chinese; it doesn't help our national interest,’ he said. Mr Milner also said it's 'beyond ironic that Wong fights to re-establish funding to the UNWRA ... at the same time she wants to cut funding to ASPI'. “Between Wong and Albanese, this is the worst foreign policy duo we've had in office in recent political history,” Ms Markson said.