Glenn Sterle (WA, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Road Safety) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, I just have a couple more before I cede to Senator Keneally. Let me ask you this, then, Minister. I went and spoke to the crossbench and the Greens, with the endorsement of the leadership, saying that we wanted to defer the passage of the legislation and go back to the committee because we had a lot more questions to ask, which we did ask—and there were a lot that were unanswered too, Senator Sheldon, which gave me no warmth, I can tell you. But I'll go back to this one. At the time—I can't give the exact date, Minister, because I don't have the copy here, but if I start looking for it I'll find it on Google—there was a large shipment of illicit drugs. I think it may have been heroin or cocaine. I can't remember. It just sort of fell off a ship off the Queensland coast around the same time that this was going through. I'm sure your officials will be well aware of that. What happened with the crew that were on that ship? Can you tell us how this bill has addressed that or will address that?