Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

We're really proud of the role that Minister Bowen played in Brazil. We're very proud of the role that he has secured as President of Negotiations and of the advocacy he provided on behalf of Australia and the Pacific. We think it is in the world's interests to continue the discussions and to bring the world's attention to what's happening in the Pacific. It is unsurprising that those opposite, who made a joke about how water lapped at the sides of the some of these nations, would be taking the view that they currently are on this matter important to our Pacific friends.