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

Australian officials and Indonesian officials are processing this matter as a matter of course. As far as the presence of the vessel is concerned, I draw the honourable Deputy Leader of the Opposition’s attention to one thing. It is as follows: the foreign affairs minister of Indonesia said last night of Indonesia: ‘Indonesia has great patience in handling this matter’—so does Australia. That is the basis upon which the vessel’s presence in the port will be considered in the future.

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