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

I know that it's Thursday of the last sitting week. I know that there's a little bit of joviality, but this is serious. This is about the nation engaging with the United States. I had the privilege of engaging with Secretary Rubio, both directly and through the Quad meeting. You'll also see that the defence minister and the Deputy Prime Minister engaged recently as well. The Prime Minister did have a call with President Trump. It was a constructive and warm discussion. The Prime Minister made a strong case for Australia to be exempt from tariffs on steel and aluminium and, as you would have seen from both the President's words and the Prime Minister—

This is the US relationship, Senator McKenzie. Perhaps you should be bipartisan.

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