Amanda Vanstone (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the senator for the question. It is a three-part question. The answer to the first part is yes. The answer to the second part is that we will not be approaching other countries until we, in fact, have the problem. It is not a practical outcome to have our Minister for Foreign Affairs travelling around to a number of countries and saying: ‘I know you’re busy, but we might have a problem in the future. We hope we don’t. We think this law will be effective. But, if we do have a problem, have you got a few hours to talk to me about it? And will you make an agreement in the hypothetical?’ That is for Geoffrey Robertson; not for the real stuff of governments. So, if in fact we have—