Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Leader of the Government in the Senate, Senator Evans, and refers to the Prime Minister’s upcoming visit to the United Nations, where he will lobby for a temporary seat on the United Nations Security Council for Australia in 2013-14. I ask the minister: how much does the government intend to spend on the candidacy for a seat on the UN Security Council? Further, what changes will be made to Australia’s foreign policy priorities and focus as a result of the bid for a temporary seat on the Security Council?