John Faulkner (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Cabinet Secretary) Share this | Hansard source

I am afraid that, beyond listening with interest to the comments that Mr Rudd made when he was shadow foreign minister, I am unable at this stage to update the Senate in relation to this matter because I have not been briefed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs to be able to do so. I do take the view on these things that any information I provide to the Senate needs to be accurate and it needs to be contemporary. I would hope that other senators would agree that that is the appropriate course of action. As a result of what I believe is an appropriate approach—