Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I note that, of course, that was the default under Mr Morrison and Mr Dutton and that blaming the states or having a fight with the states was a very, very common way in which they dealt with any political issues. I'm sure that would be the instinctive response from those who were members of the Morrison-Dutton cabinet. I have no knowledge of any such discussions being had. If I am able to update the chamber about these matters in any way, I obviously will do so, but I would again make the point that these are matters for the Western Australian state government and that this is Western Australian state legislation. The opposition have spent some time playing a lot of politics with this issue in this chamber and in Western Australia, and I make the same point again: they are matters for the Western Australian government and Ms Ley herself commenced the discussion about cultural heritage. I have responded on that, Senator.