Kimberley Kitching (Victoria, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment, Senator Canavan. I refer to the opinion piece of the minister's close colleague Senator Fierravanti-Wells in The Sydney Morning Herald today titled 'Good work damaged by minister on L plates, but here's how to help our neighbours'. Senator Fierravanti-Wells writes that our relationship with the Pacific was:

… recently damaged by an Environment Minister on "L-plates" through the unfortunate incident with former President Tong of Kiribati.

Does the minister agree with this assessment of her performance by the former Minister for International Development and the Pacific? And, if the environment minister is still on her L-plates, who is supervising?