Published: October 24, 2019
Marise Payne and Simon Birmingham saw speeches before they were given but Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade did not
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade was not consulted before two controversial speeches by Scott Morrison lambasting “negative globalism” and seeking reclassification of China as a developed country.
Dfat secretary Frances Adamson told Senate estimates on Thursday evening the department was not consulted, although the foreign affairs minister, Marise Payne, and the trade minister, Simon Birmingham, said they had seen the speeches before they were delivered.
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