Sky News host James Morrow says Foreign Minister Penny Wong saw fit to give the British people “a lecture about their colonial past”.
“An odd move, you would think, given our close ties and the fact that they will only need to become closer,” Mr Morrow said.
“I have to say I think this was a diplomatic faux pas, to go over to Britain and give them a bit of a lecture about dealing with their colonial past.” Ms Wong was forced to defend Australia’s relationship with the United Kingdom after urging the nation to confront its “colonial past”.
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