Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Those opposite think foreign relations are simple. Threats of shirt-fronting, leaking of private text messages and leaking of private conversations meant that there was no possibility of getting outcomes.

I'll make the point that, compared with the $85 million of exports of those products that suffered from trade impediments last year, this year, up until just August, $6 billion of those products have gone to China. When we talk about yes or no, you might like to ask for a yes or no as to whether Cheng Lei thinks that our approach towards diplomatic relations is more effective than theirs. You can talk to her because she is now in Melbourne with her family. The fact is that we now have a path forward for wine exports. We say as well that we will cooperate with China where we can. We will disagree where we must.

I note the HMAS Toowoomba then travelled to the Taiwan Strait and is currently involved in exercises with the Philippines navy as a direct result of the deal that I signed with President Marcos just a couple of months ago.

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