Helen Coonan (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you to Senator Nettle for the question. What I have said in relation to this government’s attitude to West Papua has been well and truly articulated both in an answer yesterday and again to you today. This government is concerned that the conditions of the West Papuans are monitored. We expect all international obligations to be observed in respect of West Papua. I think that all Australians are concerned about these kinds of matters but we see them in the context of the fact that we do respect Indonesian sovereignty. I would have thought, quite frankly, that Senator Nettle would have forfeited any right that she might have ever had to think that she was concerned about human rights. She is well and truly on the record as being deeply insensitive to the rights of people in this country and I am not going to add anything further— (Time expired)