John Faulkner (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

I will just conclude my other sentence. I understand that the commission is yet to make any conclusions regarding the evidence. To move to Senator Siewert’s supplementary question, I am advised that Australia notified Indonesia on 3 September of the presence of oil in its EEZ. Australia has kept Indonesia closely informed of the movement of oil and our response efforts. An Australian delegation visited Indonesia on 10 November last year to provide a briefing to the Indonesian government on the oil spill, Australia’s response efforts, the environmental monitoring and also the Borthwick commission of inquiry. The Australian government has offered to conduct a joint Australia-Indonesia shoreline survey, to be funded by PTTEP Australasia. I think Indonesia is yet to respond to that proposal. Can I say also that Australian embassy officials met with parliamentarians from East Nusa Tenggara on 4 December 2009 to provide information on Australia’s cooperation with Indonesian officials on the spill. (Time expired)