Senator Conroy: The Minister for Foreign Affairs has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question: (1) 31 ambassadors/high commissioners are fluent in the official language of the country to which they are currently posted where English is not the official language. (2) The following table shows the number of departmental officials fluent in the particular language: Language Number Indonesian 79 Japanese 45 Mandarin 75 Hindi 3 Korean 13 Arabic 21 French 134 German 50