I'm not sure that journalists have much to do with the amount of political clout that a country has. I think that if a country has more political clout then it is more likely that the media will care about it.
Anyway, the comment was only referring to Australia not having enough clout in one particular instance (which can be said of any country in different situations). It didn't strike me as being particularly rude, as it was just a diplomat advising what they should or should not rely on for that particular situation.
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