Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Cormann. Leaked messages between Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi reveal that Australia's close friend and neighbour believed Prime Minister Morrison's decision to overturn longstanding bipartisan foreign policy would 'slap Indonesia's face', 'be a really big blow' and 'affect bilateral relations'. Why is Prime Minister Morrison putting the Liberal Party's political interests ahead of the national interest?