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Sky News host Alan Jones said the "scandal" of the Victorian Belt and Road agreement with China, has been somewhat overshadowed by the realisation the Turnbull Government signed a similar deal with China in September 2017.

Before the Victorian government signed the Belt and Road Framework Agreement in October 2018, the Turnbull government had signed an agreement with china “covering the same Belt and Road initiative infrastructure program”.

“I am no apologist for Daniel Andrews, but the same Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade that has its nose out of joint over Andrews signing a Belt and Road Framework Agreement said, in 2018, that the Turnbull Government deal with China is 'confidential between the parties unless otherwise agreed',” Mr Jones said.

When the Federal government signed the deal, the then Trade Minister, Steve Ciobo told the media at the time, both parties were required to agree to release the text of the MOU and China has not agreed to do so.

“No wonder Canberra are silent about the Daniel Andrews deal with China”.

“No wonder Trade Minister Birmingham has had nothing to say”.

Mr Jones said “China must be laughing” as “Premier Andrews is criticised for precisely what the Turnbull Government signed up for in September 2017”.

The Chinese Communist party “have governments across Australia by the throat”.

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