Australia will be keeping an eagle eye on today's Solomon Islands national election, the first since Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare signed a controversial security agreement with China.The outcome of the poll fought between the pro-Beijing PM and opposition parties that favour closer ties with Western nations is set to impact already highly charged geo-political tensions.While the Solomon Islands has a population of just 700,000 people, it sits in a strategically vital place, only 1700km from the north Queensland coast.
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