President Marcos Jr addresses the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday īut while some Australian representatives reportedly applauded Marcos’s remarks, at least one member of Australia’s Parliament, Senator Janet Rice, publicly questioned his legacy and was kicked out for holding up a sign saying “Stop the Human Rights Abuses”. “The challenges that we face may be formidable, but equally formidable is our resolve. The Philippines has reported multiple incidents with China in the South China Sea, accusing its coastguard of dangerous manoeuvres and filing diplomatic protests with Beijing over its actions. “I will not allow any attempt by any foreign power to take even one square inch of our sovereign territory,” Marcos said. In a speech to Australia’s Parliament last week, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr was resolute on his countries’ position on the South China Sea amid rising tension with Beijing over their competing claims. Philippines ‘will not yield one square inch’ Indonesia, along with Malaysia, is among Australia’s allies in the region to have raised concerns that Canberra’s investing tens of billions of dollars in nuclear submarines is potentially contributing to a nuclear arms race in Southeast Asia and the wider Asia Pacific. In her speech, Wong quoted Indonesian President Joko Widodo as saying, “We also have the responsibility to lower the tension, to melt the ice, to create space for dialogue, to bridge the differences” in the region. ![]() The governing centre-left Labor party has long aimed to forge closer ties with the region, recognising Australia’s proximity to Southeast Asia.īut Australia’s relationship with its regional neighbours and its interests in the South China Sea are also viewed through the lens of Canberra’s close ties with the United States and its membership in the Australia, United Kingdom and US security pact known as AUKUS. The special summit hosted in Melbourne marks 50 years since Australia became a “dialogue partner” of ASEAN, whose members are countries in Southeast Asia, and comes as its members last year held their first-ever joint military drills. “What happens in the South China Sea, in the Taiwan Strait, in the Mekong subregion, across the Indo-Pacific, affects us all,” Wong said. Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam claim parts of the South China Sea, which China claims almost in its entirety. ![]() Wong did not specify which countries the funding would go to but “welcomed efforts” by Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines to “delimit their maritime boundaries”. Keep reading list of 4 items list 1 of 4 Vietnam, Philippines sign deals on security in disputed South China Sea list 2 of 4 Tuvalu reaffirms Taiwan ties, plans to revise Australia security pact list 3 of 4 Australian spy chief under pressure to name ex-politician who ‘sold out’ list 4 of 4 Meta says it will stop funding news in Australia, prompting backlash end of list
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