AUSTRALIA: Few MPs take Asian study trips

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Updated January 24, 2008 20:53:44

Australia is often accused by its Asian neighbours of being the region's European enclave - and the latest figures on study trips taken by Australian MPs appears to back that criticism. In the first half of last year 19 MPs went on study trips to Europe and the US, while only three travelled solely to Asia, without an add-on visit to the West. Just one MP visited Australia's main trading partner China. That MP was Labor Senator Trish Crossin, from the Northern Territory.

Presenter: Corinne Podger
Speakers: Northern Territory Labor Senator Trish Crossin

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