Foreign Minister Penny Wong has confirmed Australia has offered to help the Solomon Islands pay for their elections next year as their parliament debates a controversial bill that would see it delayed until 2024. PM Manasseh Sogavare says the nation can’t afford to hold an election due in May next year and host the China-supported Pacific Games scheduled for November in 2023, leading opposition members to accuse Sogavare of being ‘anti-democratic’. And while our diplomats don’t want to be seen as meddling in the Solomons’ domestic politics, that is exactly what Sogavare accused Australia of last night, calling the offer “inappropriate”. But we were in the good books earlier this week: Sogavare announced that we are exempt from a moratorium on naval ships docking there. Swings and roundabouts…