Readers may wonder why I have not mentioned the Solomon Islands in this contribution.
Rebuilding relations with the SI is just not going to happen while the current pro-China government is exercising a suffocating influence over the islands.
Our national priority must be to rebuild links and people-to-people associations elsewhere while the political situation in the SI remains as it is today.
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The task of rebuilding, then expanding, people-to-people links in our region will be demanding. It requires government leadership and community support - business, churches states, and so on.
It is an exercise that simply must begin as soon as the next government of Australia is in place.
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