Zed Seselja (ACT, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Science, Jobs and Innovation) Share this | Hansard source

You might need to be a bit clearer, Senator Siewert, on the type of activity you're talking about. Talking to a foreign government is not banned in any way, shape or form under this legislation. There are sabotage offences, which we've dealt with in some detail in terms of all of the elements. Later we'll get to the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme, where certain activities need to be declared, made public and not done in a covert manner and the like, but I'm not sure which particular provisions you're referring to. It might help the conversation if you can refer me to those.