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

I'm not going to comment on the specific advice on a matter such as that, which was provided to me as the minister in the drafting process. The drafting process was a very long and complex one. It considered a broad range of implications of the act. Clearly, that agreement about the Port of Darwin—a commercial arrangement—is one which would now be covered by the Foreign Investment Review Board. That is a reform that this government has introduced, a commitment that this government made to address those concerns, and one which is an important part, as I said in my summing-up speech, of the government's initiatives to protect our national security and to protect Australia's interests.

Progress reported.