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Early on Thursday morning it became clear Australia had been unable to use its diplomatic heft to shoulder aside such powers as Belize and Saint Lucia to secure one of the 70-odd speaking slots at a virtual UN climate summit to be held in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Asked about the exclusion earlier by independent MP Zali Steggall, Prime Minister Scott Morrison told Parliament that Australian climate policy would be set in Australia and in the national interest, “not to get a speaking slot at some international summit”.