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Ben McKay

EXPLAINED: Pacific aid pledge not a move to block china dutton | Vintage Vibes

Infrastructure projects in the Pacific would get a $2 billion funding boost from the coalition. (Ben McKay/AAP PHOTOS)

The coalition will place infrastructure needs at the heart of a revamped development strategy in the Pacific, pledging an extra $2 billion in loans and grants to the region.

Australia invests deeply in the blue continent, both to assist with developmental and humanitarian projects, and in an attempt to hold strategic sway over the region, rather than China.

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