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<div>Penny Wong says Labor will try and undo Abbott's legacy on climate policy</div>
Shadow foreign affairs minister says Labor will reinstitute climate change ambassador and broaden work in PacificThe shadow foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, says Labor will beef up international approaches to combating climate change, including with work in the Pacific and with Asean countries, in an effort to restore lost credibility as a consequence of repealing the carbon price.Wong will use a speech to a climate conference in Melbourne on Tuesday to commit Labor to reinstituting the position of climate change ambassador, and broadening Australia’s work in the Pacific through the Council of Regional Organisations of the Pacific, the Pacific Islands Forum, the Pacific Community (formerly the South Pacific Commission) and the secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program. Related: Budget earmarks $500m to mitigate Great Barrier Reef climate change Related: Great Barrier Reef: 30% of coral died in 'catastrophic' 2016 heatwave Continue reading...