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

My question is to the Prime Minister. Is he aware that the first former Prime Minister in this government, the member for Warringah, has said about the third and current Prime Minister's decision to send the second former Prime Minister in this government, Malcolm Turnbull, to Bali to represent Australia, 'Doesn't matter how exalted a private citizen might be, you can really only speak for the government if you're a minister'? Does the Prime Minister agree? Is he reconsidering sending Malcolm Turnbull as his envoy?

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