Alexander Downer (Mayo, Liberal Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Indi for her question. I appreciate the interest she shows in the Pacific region, which is so important to Australia and which she has visited from time to time. Of course, the government has a very strong interest in a stable and prosperous South Pacific and we accept, as the Prime Minister has often said, that we have special responsibilities in the region.

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