Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries) Share this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Dean Smith, I move:

That the Senate—

(a) acknowledges that 2021 marks the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Australia and the Republic of Korea;

(b) recognises that, since the signing of the Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement in 2014, South Korea has become Australia's fourth largest trading partner;

(c) notes that:

(i) South Korea was Western Australia's fourth largest export market ($10.2 billion) in 2020,

(ii) South Korea placed third for Western Australian iron ore exports and fourth for petroleum exports,

(iii) Western Australia is ranked South Korea's fourteenth largest import market in 2020, and

(iv) approximately 13,000 South Koreans visited Western Australia in 2019; and

(d) further notes that:

(i) Australia deployed over 17,000 defence personnel to defend South Korean territory during the Korean War, and

(ii) the Korean community in Western Australia has expanded to more than 8,300 people, with members of the community spread across the electorates of Curtin, Perth, Swan and Tangney.

Question agreed to.