Lukewarm Libs may hurt UN bid

By Phillip Coorey, New York
Updated September 29 2012 - 12:19am, first published September 28 2012 - 8:58am
Tony Abbott said Julia Gillard should be talking with Indonesia's President Yudhoyono in Jakarta. They did talk - but in New York.
Tony Abbott said Julia Gillard should be talking with Indonesia's President Yudhoyono in Jakarta. They did talk - but in New York.

THE federal opposition's negativity towards Australia's bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council is being used against Australia by its rivals as the lobbying intensifies before the October 18 vote.