Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and International Security) Share this | Hansard source

On the question of the government’s allocation of $43.6 million in aid to East Timor—more broadly, allocations which relate to East Timor—I should have acknowledged before that the minister’s presence here is, of course, welcome. I have been attending this chamber now for four years for the consideration in detail stage, and I think this is the first time the minister has graced us with his presence.

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