Richard Di Natale (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Defence, Senator Payne. Yesterday we learnt that North Korea carried out its sixth nuclear test, involving what it claims is a hydrogen bomb meant for an intercontinental ballistic missile. This comes after weeks of escalating and frightening rhetoric from both President Kim Jong-un and President Trump. The threats to North Korea are clearly not working. Indeed, they seem to be having the opposite effect. Despite this, the Turnbull government has doubled down and continues to back the dangerous US President as he continues to escalate tensions. Minister, please explain how the Turnbull government's reckless decision to support Donald Trump's policy of escalation leads the world away from the path of war.