Linda Reynolds (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you very much, Mr President. As the Australian Minister for Defence, what I'm doing is actually answering the question about the Australian Defence Force and the extensive work that we're doing here. I cannot speak for the United States system or the United States Secretary of Defense and what his department has done. We have for many years in Defence looked at the impacts of climate change, and we work with the region in terms of humanitarian disaster response and many other supports. So the answer is: yes.