Ms Julie Bishop (Curtin, Liberal Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

has presided over the largest single expansion of diplomatic missions and Austrade posts in at least 40 years, with new posts in not only China and PNG but also Indonesia, Mongolia, Qatar, Iran, Thailand and the United States.

Our economic diplomacy efforts do not stop overseas. We are also making every effort to enhance diplomatic representation in Australia, thus increasing our trade and investment. Last week I hosted over 80 Canberra based foreign diplomats on a visit to Tasmania. I want to thank the member for Lyons, the member for Bass and the member for Braddon—the 'three amigos'!—for helping with this visit. Through their efforts, Prime Minister Turnbull and I were able to meet with representatives of Tas Prime Oysters, a Tasmanian company that will benefit from the free trade agreements with China, Japan and Korea because tariffs on seafood, particularly Tasmanian oysters—

Mr Conroy interjecting—

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