Senate debates Bills
Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Bill 2020, Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020; In Committee
Marise Payne NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs
10:39 am
This bill is about foreign relations and foreign policy. This bill is not about foreign interference. Foreign interference is covered by the University Foreign Interference Taskforce, of which those universities are members, along with a range of other bodies, and those issues are addressed in that context. This bill, which I think is—to use a word you use—unremarkable, is related to government entities and state, territory and local governments. Private universities, self-evidently, are not government entities and are not state, territory or local governments.
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