House debates Personal Explanations

Monday, 9 October 2006 House of Representatives

Anthony Albanese

Anthony Albanese Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the House

3:04 pm

During question time today, the Minister for Foreign Affairs alleged that I was not interested in the impact of climate change on our Pacific neighbours. In fact, in January of this year, the shadow minister for overseas aid and Pacific island affairs and I released a policy document, Our drowning neighbours: Labor’s policy discussion on climate change in the Pacific, which had a seven-point plan, including a Pacific climate centre, assistance for mitigation and adaptation, assistance with intracountry evacuations, training, an international coalition to accept refugees, assistance on cultural heritage, and establishing a Pacific climate change alliance.

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