CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 5 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript:

Note

Joint press conference with

The Hon Chris Bowen MP

Minister for Climate Change and Energy

Subjects: climate and finance discussions and agreements between Australia and New Zealand

Nicola Willis:

Good afternoon. It's great to be here with you today alongside Treasurer Chalmers and Minister Bowen and Minister Watts for this Climate and Finance 2+2. We are delighted to be welcoming our Australian friends here today in recognition of what is one of the closest economic relationships in the world.

The discussion that we have had today was about taking that platform and making it work even harder to drive investment, lift regional resilience, build ...