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The joint communique with PNG is being spun as a procedural delay, but it's a clear setback. Australia's repeated diplomatic failures in the Pacific — botching defense deals with Vanuatu and PNG — expose a foreign policy mindset trapped by excessive dependence on America and irrational fear of China. The government's rush to secure defense treaties before meeting Trump shows it views everything through the lens of U.S. alliance obligations rather than Pacific communities' actual needs for wellbeing and security.