Senator DEAN SMITH (Western Australia—Government Whip in the Senate) (17:08): I add Senator Keneally as a co-sponsor of the motion. I, and also on behalf of Senator Keneally, move: That the Senate— (a) notes that the first Vietnamese refugees in Western Australia were discovered drifting offshore in boats on the north-west coast on 12 May 1977; (b) further notes that 25 Vietnamese refugees disembarked in Perth from Broome on 17 May 1977; (c) acknowledges Western Australia has become home to a vibrant Vietnamese community with almost 22,000 people declaring Vietnamese ancestry in the 2016 census; and (d) recognises the significant civic, economic and social contributions made by members of the Vietnamese community in Western Australia, and their part in shaping modern Australia. Question agreed to.