Original article by Sarah Ison
The Australian – Page: 1 & 5 : 19-Mar-24
Opposition foreign affairs spokesman Simon Birmingham says comments by Trade Minister Don Farrell that the US is not Australia’s closest ally are "errant and disturbing". Farrell made the remark when asked on Monday why Australia had resumed funding to Gazan aid body UNRWA when the US had not, with Farrell stating that Australia was independent, and that over the course of history, New Zealand was its closest international ally, rather than the US. Birmingham said Farrell’s statement was something he would have expected from the Greens, not a senior government minister.
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