David Panuelo: “We are bribed to be complicit and bribed to be silent.”

At worst in the short-term, it means we sell our country and our sovereignty for temporary personal benefit.

To say it again: China has established a precedent of taking our private citizens in multilateral meetings to formally represent our country without our Government's awareness or approval thereof.

I am clearly aware that I must make the argument not only in terms of preventing war and saving lives, but in terms of how we can fill the gap that would occur if we were to turn off the flow of money from China.

Let's be clear, Foreign Affairs will prepare a letter to say 'no' to the Chinese vaccines. Our answer should be very clear that, while we appreciate the offer, the answer is no because we have more than enough vaccines.