An ABC News article reports that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen were caught on a hot microphone at the COP31 summit in Antalya, joking that phones should be kept away from the heart and, in Bowen's case, his pants pocket, in an exchange later broadcast by Channel 7. The Coalition called the moment 'weird and gross', while Labor ministers said it was just a joke and defended Australia's presence at the summit.