Anxieties are growing in Canberra that a landmark security agreement between Australia and Vanuatu could stall in the Pacific nation's parliament, with Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau facing increasing political blowback after signing the pact last year.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong surprised many observers and foreign diplomats when she and Mr Kalsakau inked the security pact during a bipartisan visit to Vanuatu in December.
