Peter Whish-Wilson (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to Senator Birmingham, stepping in for Senator Payne today. On 2 October journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul. He's been missing since then. It is widely reported that Turkish officials have evidence that he was murdered, tortured and dismembered inside the consulate. Minister, could you please update the chamber on any recent developments in relation to the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi? I understand that Senator Ruston read out the other day that the government has expressed concern to Saudi Arabia over this issue. But have you sought an explanation in response to these allegations, and can you outline that to the chamber?