AUSTRALIA: Low marks for Canberra on international policy

Updated July 20, 2007 20:06:41

The United Nations Association of Australia has issued Australia with a "report card" on ten international policy areas. It gives the government some pretty poor marks, especially on the treatment of refugees and asylum seekers, and on its approach to climate change. But the Government has hit back, dismissing it as a political exercise.

Presenter: Alexandra Kirk
Speakers: Professor John Langmore, president of the UN Association of Australia