Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. Yesterday Senator Cormann denied that Mr Morrison's reckless decision to junk longstanding bipartisan foreign policy was the cause of the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement being shelved. Yesterday the Indonesian trade minister said that the delay in signing the partnership agreement is 'because of Palestine', and he has also indicated that the agreement would be delayed while the embassy move remained on the table. Why did this minister mislead the Senate and Australians about the cause of the delay?