Payne, Sen Marise

Senator PAYNE (New South Wales—Minister for Foreign Affairs) (14:20): I have already indicated to the senator, and if he were approaching this in a responsible manner he would not expect his country to place their private discussions with our counterparts on the public record in quite this way; but then perhaps Senator Di Natale would, because he has no measure of the basic courtesies and respect that go to those processes. I have indicated before that the government has consistently raised concerns of such a nature with the Israeli government and we continue to do so.