Senate debates

Thursday, 18 October 2018

Questions without Notice

Khashoggi, Mr Jamal

2:14 pm

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

I'm pushing my luck a little bit. All right, my second supplementary question: Minister, if Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by the Saudi regime and this is proven by the investigation, it will only confirm their status as one of the worst abusers of human rights on the planet, including by waging a war in Yemen, which, according to the United Nations, is the largest humanitarian crisis on the planet. Minister, why is your government wanting to sell more arms and weapons technology to this regime? Will you review this in light of recent developments?

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