Rex Patrick (SA, Centre Alliance) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. I preface my question by recalling the remarks of former foreign minister Julie Bishop, who, a week out from the 2016 US presidential election, observed that the then candidate Mr Donald Trump was domestically focused and that it would be:

… up to our region, including Australia, to persuade a Trump administration to focus on the Asia-Pacific.

Now that you've been the foreign minister for two years, how is that project going? How successful have you and the Prime Minister been in persuading President Trump to focus positively on our region? How has President Trump's diplomacy helped Australia's interests in the Asia-Pacific?