Scott Ludlam (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I would like to remind the minister that in January this year the chief of the Russian armed forces, General Yury Baluyevsky, claimed that Russia maintained the right to use nuclear weapons preventatively. I would hope that Australia could form a strong relationship with the Russian government without exchanging nuclear materials. If the government will not immediately repudiate this deal, are we not sending a signal to Russia and to governments around the world that revenue from uranium sales is more important to the Australian government than nuclear non-proliferation, disarmament and international peace and security?