Kim Beazley (Brand, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to yesterday’s nuclear test by North Korea. I refer also to the foreign minister’s reference to the risk of a nuclear arms race in our region. Given Australia’s historic diplomatic credentials in nuclear disarmament, will the government consider Labor’s positive proposals? In particular, will the government consider Labor’s proposal for an international conference of foreign ministers of like-minded states to rebuild the nuclear non-proliferation treaty regime before it collapses?

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