House debates Questions without Notice

Asylum Seekers

Tuesday, 9 February 2010 House of Representatives

Kevin Rudd

Kevin Rudd Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister

3:03 pm

In terms of the diplomatic conversations between ourselves and the Indonesians, they have gone to resettlement procedures generally. As they relate to this particular vessel I have no information which I could convey to the honourable member. I say more broadly, though, to the honourable member that our conversations with the Indonesians over a long period of time have gone to resettlement and how we can assist the Indonesians over a whole range of countries, the whole spread of resettlement countries, including Australia, as in fact did the previous government. I say therefore to the—

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