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

Behind all the words—so you don't have to give any notice to a state government if you are considering cancelling an arrangement which they have entered into—why do you think that's appropriate? When another level of government in Australia enters into an agreement—leaving aside whether it's good or bad—before you as the minister make a decision to override an elected government about whatever agreement they get into, whether it's with Korea, Japan, the United Kingdom, whatever, why do you think it's appropriate the foreign minister doesn't even have to tell them she or he is considering it?