Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

In fact, the time has come for us to take the issues we are facing in relation to the North Korean regime very seriously and not to engage in the sorts of rhetoric Senator Di Natale is pursuing. The time has indeed come for us to ensure that with the international community, in the strongest possible way and as broadly as possible, we seek the application of the sanctions supported by the UN Security Council and that for countries where it is appropriate, such as Australia, those autonomous sanctions that we have adopted be applied and enabled to run their course as well as they can. We must ensure that we exercise all those options, because, as I have said in the chamber before, to do otherwise would risk catastrophic outcomes in relation to this particular engagement.