bob carr has issued a humiliating backdown

Another Mouthy ALP MP ....

Senator Carr's surprise threat of sanctions was made in a Wednesday night interview with long-time friend and former Labor numbers man Graham Richardson. He warned that any delay to the elections after months of political turmoil would be a "shocking model" in the Pacific.

"We'd be in a position of having to consider sanctions. So I take this opportunity to urge the government to see that those elections take place, keeping Papua New Guinea in the cycle of five-yearly elections," he said.

PNG's high commissioner to Australia, Charles Lepani, told Fairfax Media that the tone of Senator Carr's comments had caught him by surprise.

"When you talk about sanctions, it is a serious international weapon," he said.

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