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House of RepresentativesThursday 13 August 2026

QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Mr ALBANESE (Grayndler—Prime Minister) (14:09): I thank the member for her question. The ambassador for Japan made a very clear and unequivocal comment yesterday, publicly, about these issues. The visit of Prime Minister Takaichi was an extremely successful one, following previous successful visits by Prime Minister Kishida and following my three visits to Japan as well.

Part of that visit was a dinner at the Lodge that was extremely warm and generous—very personal in the discussions that we had as well. It was an extremely successful visit. I look forward to continuing to work with our friends in Japan.

The SPEAKER: I just remind all members about trying to constrain their imputations in questions as well. That was a very broad question, but I'm not particularly comfortable when there are so many imputations that are rife in questions. We need to make sure there are certain standards in the questions.

I just remind the House of that fact.

SourceHouse of Representatives, Thursday 13 August 2026 — official recordTA-260813-house-46d543c09a5c:s134