John Faulkner (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Cabinet Secretary) Share this | Hansard source

I would like to thank Senator Lightfoot for asking me this, his last question; but I would have preferred to have been thanking him for not having asked this particular question of me! I am not aware of the actions that my colleague the Minister for Foreign Affairs has taken on this issue, but I certainly undertake to Senator Lightfoot that I will provide that information to the Senate when Mr Smith makes it available to me. I do have to say to Senator Lightfoot that at the moment the Minister for Foreign Affairs is travelling overseas on ministerial duties, but I will undertake to come back to the Senate on this as quickly as I can.