Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I understand, Senator, that the international narrative sometimes doesn't fit your domestic political objectives, but it doesn't. I want to tell you what Palau said. A member of the Pacific family singled out Australia for our help in delivering the loss and damage fund, saying, 'The tireless work by Australia and others reinforced our belief in multilateralism and our unwavering belief that we can solve global problems only by listening to each other and by working together.' This is Palau speaking.

I understand you want to put a particular position because of your domestic political agenda, but we're actually interested in being part of the solution internationally. I'll come back and talk to you about what Alok Sharma said at the COP as well because I think it's instructive and useful to understand how far out of touch those opposite were. (Time expired)