Senator XENOPHON (South Australia) (12:22): I seek leave to make a very short statement. The PRESIDENT: Leave is granted for two minutes. Senator XENOPHON: I indicate that I do associate myself with this motion. It is a very worthy motion, but I think it is important to note that the Australian government, and in fact previous Australian governments, have failed to give adequate support deserved by those Maralinga veterans who were exposed to radiation as a result of nuclear weapons tests in the 1950s in South Australia and in the Montebello Islands off Western Australia's coast. That should be noted with some sadness in the context of this motion. Question agreed to.