Dean Smith (WA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

As the Chief Government Whip in the Senate, I can illuminate. This is a bill that Senator Wong, in her own admission, has said is in the national interest. That's the first point. As it's in the national interest, it is necessarily important for every senator to have the opportunity to make a contribution. Senator Smith is a senator for Western Australia. The great bulk of that shares maritime boundaries with Timor-Leste. That's the first point. The second point is: Senator Smith—and he mentioned this in his introductory remarks—travelled to Indonesia in the early 1990s and to—