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Do we finally have a Prime Minister that will stand up to foreign interests for the sake of Australia?

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Do we finally have a Prime Minister that will stand up to foreign interests for the sake of Australia?

Scott Morrison has taken what has been described as a veiled swipe at the United Nations via an address to the Lowy Institute.

Following on from his address to the UN where he criticised "internal and global" critics of Australia's climate change policy, he went one further last night saying he did not want to see global organisations like the UN getting overly involved in the governance of independent nations. Music to many ears I would have thought.

He said the world works best, when the character and distinctiveness of independent nations is preserved within a framework of mutual respect," which he said includes respecting the electoral mandates of their constituencies.

Our Prime Minister said "We should avoid any reflex towards a negative globalism that coercively seeks to impose a mandate from an often-ill-defined borderless global community and worse still, an unaccountable internationalist bureaucracy.” Strong words.

Finally he said "It does not serve our national interests when international institutions demand conformity rather than independent cooperation on global issues," 

However Deputy Opposition Leader Richard Marles responded today saying he was concerned about the Prime Minister's message because "The sort of almost nationalistic talk that we hear at the moment in the speech last night, but also that we heard from the US President a few weeks ago. I actually think is not the right tone in this moment in time."

Who’s right? Let’s talk about it tonight.

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