The Opposition Leader has doubled down on his heavy-handed approach to Chinese aggression in the Pacific, despite pressure from within his party. 

The Australian reports senior Liberal Party sources are pressuring Peter Dutton to “adopt a more nuanced approach” after a loss of Chinese-Australian voters at the last election.

Mr Dutton told Ray Hadley while he’s aware of the report, his position won’t be changing.

“It’s informed by the intelligence I was reading on a daily basis when I was Defence Minister,” he said.

“From what I can see, and I’ve just come back from Washington, the situation’s only deteriorated.”

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