Australia’s former trade minister Andrew Robb has slammed ex-colleagues Malcolm Turnbull and Barnaby Joyce, as well as Australia’s security agencies, over what he sees as anti-China sentiment.
Mr Robb had been working with Chinese company Landbridge on a plan to develop a health precinct in China, until the company’s chairman was told Beijing would not accept the proposal.
Mr Robb said, “[the chairman] was told in no uncertain terms by the senior officials that unfortunately the relationship between Australia and China had become so toxic that this would be put in the bin.”