Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

The second point I'd make—through you, President—to Senator Scarr is that, of course, the US have raised this publicly. The President raised this in the press conference on 'Liberation Day', so it's not a secret that the US had a view about it. But the process was independent. The decision has taken over a decade. The first US application was in 2015. The most recent application was made in 2019, and it's been under review since then. The review was undertaken by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries—

Would you like to stand up and say something, Senator McDonald?

Honourable senators interjecting—