Australia’s former deputy prime minister has conceded his bid to show “respect” to local customs landed him in the sick bay. 7NEWS
“Feeling much better now and it’s been a great chance to connect with our Pacific family.”
Video captured from the episode showed the MP with his head in his hands. He later vomited in a bucket. “They made it in front of us, squeezing the juice out of these massive tree roots, just absolutely squeezing it,” he told the“It had a peppery essence and I was OK for 10 to 15 minutes and then I thought, ‘Ooooh, OK’.
“I looked over at Penny Wong and mouthed, ‘I’m not OK’. I went cross-eyed. I really did. Then someone got me a bucket and, well, yeah.”McCormack is touring the Pacific region as part of a bipartisan Australian parliamentary delegation. Their quick stop in Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia was to commemorate the 35th anniversary of bilateral relations.
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