Bob Carr (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I was providing some background observations to the Senate because I cannot see how it applies to my portfolio. I have had many discussions with heads of state and heads of government, and in all these discussions Australia's reputation as a place of good governance has been reinforced implicitly and sometimes explicitly. I think all senators can unite in pride at the reputation that this country has for good government. That is my best effort to relate that jumbled and muddled and embarrassing question to any matter I have dealt with. But I do hope that questions continue to be as well researched and as tested by the Leader of the Opposition— (Time expired)