Senator ABETZ (Tasmania—Leader of the Government in the Senate, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service and Minister for Employment) (14:25): Just to remove any doubt whatsoever, I assure the honourable senator and the Australian people that everything that we as an Australian government are doing in this most hideous theatre on the world stage at the moment is clearly within the law.
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