But Mr Dutton said Australians need a government that argues from “a position of strength” and pushes back against “bullies”.
“Bullies don’t step down if they’ve got somebody who is just happy to cower, and I’m not going to cower to anyone. And we’re not going to cower as a government or country to anyone,”
“That doesn’t mean we’re going to pick a fight, we want a good relationship with China and we want them to respect our democracy, we wanted them to respect our rule of law and freedom of speech.”
