Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

This government—together with previous governments, I would hope—would always adhere to its obligations under international maritime law when it comes to requests for assistance on the high seas. I would assume that all governments would adhere to their obligations because Australian citizens who find themselves at sea in parallel circumstances would I think expect other governments around the world to adhere to the same international protocols which govern—

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