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Morrison's 'soft on China' remarks backfire
Security experts accuse Australia's PM of endangering bipartisan approach to China
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Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been accused of endangering the country's bipartisan approach to China after he attempted to paint the Labor opposition party as being soft on Beijing.
During a bitter debate in Parliament, Mr Morrison accused a senior Labor member of being a "Manchurian candidate", or a Chinese puppet, though he later withdrew the remark.