Former Australian PM Scott Morrison accuses west of appeasing China

In a speech to be delivered at a conference in Tokyo on Friday, Morrison is also expected to urge the Albanese government to consider using Magnitsky-style targeted human rights sanctions laws to hold Chinese government officials accountable.

But Morrison did not introduce sanctions against any Chinese officials prior to leading the Coalition to its May 2022 election loss.

The extracts were distributed to Guardian Australia and other media outlets by the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (Ipac), a group of parliamentarians that urges democracies to take a strong coordinated strong stand against the Chinese Communist party.

The former British prime minister Liz Truss is among the political figures due to address the Ipac-organised symposium in Tokyo.