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April 15, 2020 15: 04:22
The largest inland city in NSW has actually voted to sever its China sis city relationship in a move knocked as “racist pet whistling” by a fellow political leader.
Key points:
- The Chinese city of Kunming has had a sister city relationship with Wagga for more than 3 decades
- The councillor behind the push to sever ties, Paul Funnell, said the council ought to not have a relationship with a communist program
- Wagga Wagga-based MLC Wes Fang stated “a pet dog whistling act about who we’re going to penalize for COVID-19 is actually harmful”
Wagga City Council last night directly voted to cut ties with its sister city Kunming, a relationship which started in 1988.
The councillor behind the push, Paul Funnell,