Snub or no snub, Morrison got what he came for
Australia, along with India, South Korea and South Africa, was invited to the G7 for one reason – China. And the outcome of the G7 was good for Australia.
There is some conjecture over why Boris Johnson gatecrashed what was widely anticipated as being the first face-to-face bilateral meeting between Joe Biden and Scott Morrison.
Labor and Morrison’s other detractors have portrayed it as a diplomatic dressing down by a US President unimpressed with Australia’s refusal thus far to commit to net zero emissions by 2050, and with a Prime Minister deemed to be too close to Donald Trump.
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