Maria Kovacic (NSW, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I also rise to speak on the report of the delegation and I associate myself with the comments of both of my colleagues and the wonderful work that we all did, which wouldn't have been possible without Apolline Kohen and the consular teams in both Brazil and the US. Whilst we had some challenging times on the delegation, including being stuck in Atlanta for a number of days, I think we workshopped how an airport should work in a crisis—and, if they need our assistance, we'd be happy to provide that same assistance to them!

I will be very brief in my further comments, which are that the one thing I specifically took away was the absolute desire of every official in every organisation that we met to share their knowledge with us and to find out what they could learn from us. It is an invaluable process. I am very grateful, particularly to the President and to the Senate, for the opportunity.