Cory Bernardi (SA, Australian Conservatives) Share this | Hansard source

Making it three from three, my question is to the Minister for Defence, representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs.

On Friday, US pop star Robyn Fenty, aka Rihanna, tweeted to the foreign minister and the Prime Minister, asking Australia to give $200 million to the Global Partnership for Education. The Global Partnership for Education is chaired by former Prime Minister Gillard, who has strong links with the United Nations and historical links to the scandal-plagued Clinton Foundation. Within hours of Ms Fenty's tweet, the foreign minister responded in kind—emojis and all—that the Australian taxpayer would throw another $90 million at the global partnership. My question is: was this gift of taxpayer money stage managed with Ms Fenty's management for good publicity or did she simply read the tweet and think 'Okay, RiRi there's a lazy $90 million for you'?