Courtesy of Sky News.
Former prime minister Tony Abbott has hailed Shingo Yamagami as an “outstanding” diplomat, saying the Japanese ambassador has alerted Australia to prevalent dangers and risks.
“The risk that we will no longer be a source of energy security to countries like Japan if we don’t continue to develop our coal and gas resources and the danger of Beijing’s aggression towards its neighbours and indeed the wider world,” he told Sky News host Peta Credlin.
“In this sense, Yamagami-san has been one of the really outstanding diplomats.”
Mr Abbott added that Mr Yamagami, who is wrapping up his term as ambassador, has helped give Australia a needed “shake up”.