George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

He used a very colourful word, Senator Cormann, which I will not embarrass you are repeating. There is no reason to believe that Japan will participate. There is no reason to believe that Russia will participate—in fact President Putin has made it clear that they will not. But this is the first time that, on Australian soil, Mr Obama has said the United States will not participate. This lengthy study depends upon assumptions which have been falsified. (Time expired)