Former foreign minister says on Q&A the joke broadcast at a Pacific islands forum was an ‘awkward moment’ and not ‘good global behaviour’ Australia is at risk of damaging its international standing because of its stance of climate change, former foreign affairs minister Bob Carr has warned.
On the ABC’s Q&A program on Monday Carr said it was “a very awkward moment for Australia” when immigration minister Peter Dutton was caught joking approximately rising sea levels in Pacific nations with then prime minister Tony Abbott.
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Source: theguardian.com