Cabinet committee blocked plan to double Australia’s support to Pacific, election-eve leak reveals

Extraordinary' revelation about national security decision shows the government is falling apart', Labor says

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The Morrison government has been hit by an election-eve leak that cabinet's national security committee blocked a proposal by the foreign affairs minister, Marise Payne, to double Australia's support to the Pacific.

Labor said the extraordinary" pre-election leak, first reported by the Australian newspaper, showed the government was falling apart", while Scott Morrison insisted the committee was extremely tight".