Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

My understanding is that Ms Thomson made an application for a number of positions, and she is now representing—or is about to represent—Australia in Singapore. I am very confident that she will do a terrific job in that regard. All these processes were conducted in the proper way. I made a decision based on what I thought was in the best interests of Australia in its San Francisco mission.