'For the Pacific it's always about cash': Environment Minister in diplomatic incident over climate change

Environment Minister Melissa Price has been accused of offending a key Pacific leader by declaring the region was “always” seeking cash from Australia, in a disputed remark that has triggered a new storm over government policy on climate change.

Former Kiribati president Anote Tong, who attended
Question Time on Wednesday, is in Australia to
talk about the impacts of climate change on the Pacific.CREDIT:

Ms Price is said to have told former Kiribati president Anote Tong, a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, that she had her “chequebook” ready because it was “always about the cash” when Pacific Island leaders came to Australia.

Read the story by David Crowe from The Sydney Morning Herald - “'For the Pacific it's always about cash': Environment Minister in diplomatic incident over climate change.”