Kerry Nettle (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes that:

(i)

the security treaty, Framework Agreement for Security Cooperation, between Australia and Indonesia has been agreed to by the two governments,

(ii)

a recent poll found 77 per cent of Australians supported self-determination for West Papua,

(iii)

the treaty will commit Australia to opposing West Papuan self-determination, and

(iv)

the treaty also envisages increased defence cooperation with the Indonesian security forces; and

(b)

calls on the Government not to sign the treaty and instead express support for West Papua’s right to self-determination.

Question put.