Helen Coonan (NSW, Liberal Party, Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to Senator Evans, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. Is the minister aware of the recent article in the Australian reporting that the Prime Minister’s plan for a new Asia-Pacific Community has been politely but firmly rebuffed by the majority of countries in the region? Will the minister now inform the Senate which of the 21 or more APEC countries that discussed Prime Minister Rudd’s proposal at the weekend APEC meeting have agreed to join Mr Rudd’s Asia-Pacific Community?