AUSTRALIA: Pacific secretary set to rebuild relationships

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Updated November 30, 2007 16:21:35

Prime Minister Elect Kevin Rudd has named Duncan Kerr as Parliament Secretary responsible for the Pacific and handed him the job of rebuilding the fractured relationships Australia has with some Pacific nations.

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Presenter: Campbell Cooney
Speakers: Duncan Kerr, Australia's new Parliamentary Secretary to the Pacific.

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