Bob Carr (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

speak up, I can't hear you—maritime security and transnational crime. We will launch negotiations on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, the regional trade pact that involves ASEAN countries and their six existing FTA partners—that is, Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand and the Republic of Korea. The Prime Minister will seek a commitment from EAS leaders to tackle drug-resistant malaria. Last month Asia-Pacific countries agreed to cut malaria-related deaths by 75 per cent and to fight, in particular, drug-resistant malaria. Today Australia will also announce that we will fund the $50 million Australia Asia Program to Combat Trafficking in Persons. This will strengthen criminal justice systems in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. (Time expired)