And the two Sydney Morning Herald journalists, Paul McGeough and Kate Geraghty, are they being detained?
STEPHEN SMITH: My understanding is that they have essentially been advised that they’re open for deportation. I’m not aware what the decision, if any, the two Sydney Morning Herald journalists have made. LYNDAL CURTIS: And just on the issue- was it an overreaction by Israel? STEPHEN SMITH: Well, look, it’s a terrible and shocking incident and I think people have genuinely been shocked by it. But I think we do need to proceed very calmly. There are always claim and counter claim. Firstly, I think, it is appropriate for Australia to deplore the violence and deplore the deaths. We are, of course, always abhorred when there is violence that leads to death. We then need to work out very carefully what’s the best way of proceeding. The Security Council is currently in closed session considering these matters. Certainly Australia thinks there has to be, there must be, a credible investigation. And the onus… LYNDAL CURTIS: An international investigation? STEPHEN SMITH: The onus, in the first i
