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

In relation to this issue, we will continue to take advice from Defence about the best way forward in relation to this platform. But, also, I would make the broader point that the government continues to keep under review the nature and breadth of the assistance to Ukraine.

Before I ask that further questions be placed on notice, I wonder if the Senate would indulge me. I'm pleased to inform the Senate that present in the gallery today are a number of journalists from across South-East Asia who are visiting Australia ahead of the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in March, and I take the opportunity to welcome them to the Senate on behalf of the government and, I'm sure, by extension, all of those in the chamber. Selamat datang.

Honourable senators: Hear, hear!

I ask that further questions be placed on notice.