“This mission will reinforce WA’s strong relationship with India while promoting opportunities for our world-class education and mining industries.”

Senator Smith said that while the government had strengthened sanctions against Russia, Australia was not doing enough to address the indirect flow of Russian oil revenue.

Exposure locations include supermarkets, pharmacies, churches, petrol stations, and the Hedland Health Campus.

“Any international driver that comes across something like that, they think they can just overtake anytime and don’t understand the double-lined system.”

The 35-metre dish, which weighs roughly 620 tonnes, incorporates advanced technology to pick up extremely faint signals from faraway missions.

The evening featured inspiring addresses from WA Premier Roger Cook, Consul General of India Kajari Biswas, and other community leaders who lauded the Indian diaspora’s contribution to Western Australia’s multicultural fabric.

The alarm forced travellers to exit the building, with all passengers required to be re-screened before re-entering.

The government said the first phase of work, including construction of Army landing craft, would begin next year, with the precinct ultimately employing 4,000 directly and supporting 10,000 jobs across WA.

She later told the room she would be more careful in future to explain the point she intended to make, and criticised sections of the media for portraying her motives unfairly.

Investigators found the men had been promised $300,000 for their role.