A key report, outlining the national security threat posed by climate change, is secret. Penny Wong says it'll remain that way.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong says the document will remain out of the public's eye.Foreign Minister Penny Wong has confirmed Labor will keep a key report, reportedly warning of climate change's serious national security implications, out of the public eye.
"This government has followed its predecessor in making China the great enemy. I think it's making a fatal distraction," he said on Wednesday. "If the Australian people are not aware [of], or alerted to, the level of risk that we face ... how can we have confidence that we have an adequate response plan?" independent MP Zali Steggall asked.
"I would say to people: the government does understand the extent to which climate change is not only an environmental issue and an economic issue, it is a national security issue," she told SBS News.The issue has also proved a major fissure in Canberra's relationship with its closest neighbours, who have repeatedly sounded the alarm over the impact of climate change.
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