Asked about Labor’s bid to host the next UN climate conference, Albanese says:

We do have the bid in, it will be determined as the climate change conference later this year. If we are re-elected.

If Peter Dutton is elected, you can see him copying policies from other jurisdictions and pulling out of Paris. We know a whole lot of their mob are still in climate denial, they’ve been unequivocal about it. But we will put forward our bid to host a climate change conference and I can’t think of anywhere better than Adelaide to host that event.

…One of the things that are climate change conference would do is showcase this beautiful city of Adelaide to the entire world. And when you look at the work that their premier is doing in renewables, leading Australia as South Australia has for a long period of time then I can’t think of anywhere better than South Australia was a bit like the election, we are not getting ahead of ourselves.

Albanese adds:

Can I make one more point about that which is our bid is in partnership with the Pacific so it’s a joint bid. It’s one of the ways that we’ve repaired the relationship with the Pacific. Australia was in the naughty corner with a couple of other countries only a couple, when it came to climate action and our response. And that is why it is so important. Every Pacific leader remembers what my opponent said about water lapping at their doors and that is our credibility in the region is really important. And that’s why this joint bid overwhelmingly has the support of the Pacific.

Yeah, not so sure Pacific leaders are exactly thrilled with how climate has been treated under the Labor government either. Being better than the other guys doesn’t make the policies good.