Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:42): Firstly, I would make the point that, while he is entitled to hold this position, we disagree with the fundamental position of the Australian Greens and with Senator Shoebridge in the Defence portfolio, because they are not supportive of AUKUS. I'm sorry? Senator Shoebridge: You need to say it more often. Senator WONG: I need to say it more often—that the Greens don't support AUKUS? I know that you don't support AUKUS. Obviously, the question is motivated from the perspective of someone who doesn't actually think that this is a good thing for the country. We do. There has been a lot of work that has been undertaken, including in the US. I acknowledge the work of Ambassador Rudd in working with both sides of politics in the US to ensure that domestic legislation was passed in really quite extraordinary time frames to try to lock in as much progress as is possible. The reason we support AUKUS is that we think it is central to the protection of the nation. Of course, it would be good to live in a world where we didn't need these sorts of hard decisions. The PRESIDENT: Senator Shoebridge, on a point of order? Senator Shoebridge: It's on relevance. My question was about the one-year, get-out-of-jail-free clause. The PRESIDENT: Thank you, Senator Shoebridge. That was part of your question, and I remind the minister of that part of your question. Senator WONG: In relation to the terms of the agreement, which will go through the normal parliamentary process, obviously, that was negotiated between the parties. There will be aspects of it no doubt that will attract scrutiny. I would make the point that no government can ever assure forever that a future government will do something, and that is unsurprising. I am pleased to report to the Senate the extent of bipartisan support for AUKUS for the strategic reasons that I know you don't accept, but the extent of bipartisan support which was very clear to me in the recent AUSMIN meetings— (Time expired) The PRESIDENT: Senator Shoebridge, first supplementary?