Milne, Sen Christine

Senator MILNE (Tasmania—Leader of the Australian Greens) (14:26): Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. Minister, how can the government continue to claim in the international community that we do what we say when, in fact, we are reneging on the promise that we made in delivering the Millennium Development goals? Won't this decision now damage not only our global reputation but our bid for the UN Security Council? When are you going to split the climate funding from the aid funding so we can genuinely see how big the cut is?