PNG base aimed at supporting friends: Pyne

By Daniel McCulloch
Updated November 19 2018 - 1:06pm, first published 9:24am
Scott Morrison (centre), seen on the HMAS Adelaide, says the new base is a PNG initiative.
Scott Morrison (centre), seen on the HMAS Adelaide, says the new base is a PNG initiative.

Defence Minister Christopher Pyne has dismissed suggestions that partnering with the United States to expand a naval base on Manus Island could inflame tensions with China.

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