The prime minister is not telling the truth about this because this has got nothing to do with anything good for the Australian economy,

What any country now knows is that they've got a prime minister they can sit on, and that he will, if they've got some part of Australian law that they object to, there's a very good chance that when they sit on the prime minister, they will get a result.

a sad moment for the Australian people, who are overwhelmingly opposed to the sale.

I am particularly concerned about the risk posed by carriage of very dangerous substances, especially ammonium nitrate. It's becoming clearer that Australian authorities have no way of checking the bona fides of these foreign crews.