China pledging two pandas for Australia does not excuse their hostility: Barnaby Joyce

Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce says the two pandas pledged to Adelaide Zoo do not cover China’s hostile actions towards Australia over the last year.

china pledging two pandas for australia does not excuse their hostility: barnaby joyce

China pledging two pandas for Australia does not excuse their hostility: Barnaby Joyce

“In fact, two pandas that we have to pay for,” Mr Joyce told Sky News hosts Danica De Giorgio and James Macpherson.

“Hell of a present when it costs you a million bucks – I’d take the present back.”

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