00:02 – Stephen Dziedzic, Reporting 00:58 – Siaosi Sovaleni, Tongan Prime Minister 01:06 – Anthony Albanese, Australian Prime Minister
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00:00In the Pacific, family ties bring great joy, but hold great responsibility too.
00:11The Samoan village of Satapuala adopting Australia for the Commonwealth Leaders Meeting.
00:18Flush with green and gold and even inflatable kangaroos, the Prime Minister welcomed with
00:23open arms.
00:24This village bestowing on Anthony Albanese a matai, or chiefly, title.
00:31Can I thank you from the bottom of my heart for this extraordinarily generous welcome.
00:39The Prime Minister also celebrating a strategic victory.
00:43Leaders and foreign ministers from eight Pacific countries joining Australia and New Zealand
00:48to mark the first deployment of a new police group, drawn from 11 nations, helping to provide
00:54security in times of need and for major events like this one.
00:59Sharing experience and information and in addressing security concerns together.
01:05The Pacific family needs to provide security for the Pacific, by the Pacific.
01:13When Anthony Albanese talks about the Pacific family providing its own security, the subtext
01:19is clear.
01:20Australia's uneasy about China's attempts to strike more policing and security agreements
01:25across the region.
01:27Initiatives like this are about boosting local capability, but they are also, at least in
01:32part, about locking China out as a security player in the region.
01:38Pacific solidarity, that's also strategic.