Most Australians would probably not have heard of the Pacific Policing Initiative (PPI) if our media hadn’t reported on the prime minister’s “hot mic” moment.
This “moment” refers to a private conversation between Anthony Albanese and Kurt Campbell — the US deputy secretary of state — on the sidelines of the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Tonga. Campbell was caught on film by a New Zealand journalist saying to Albanese that America had “given … the lane” to Australia to implement the new Pacific-wide policing arrangement, to which Albanese responded “you can go us halvies on the cost if you like.
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