Tanya Plibersek (Sydney, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. On 3 March 2012 the minister said, 'There has really been no justification for the benefit that will accrue to Australia by pursuing a Security Council seat.' Given that the foreign minister has travelled to New York to attend the Security Council eight times, and given that the Security Council has been critical to dealing with the MH17 disaster, Ebola and combatting IS, does the minister still think that winning a UN Security Council seat was of no benefit to Australia?

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