Jamie works in the Australian Parliament as policy and political adviser. Here's a funny tale of the Star Wars opening, as not only a work night but the day after the Federal Budget was delivered - so things were pretty busy as you can imagine. Below is the official record.

SPACE ACTIVITIES AMENDMENT BILL 2002: Second Reading Dr EMERSON (Rankin) (12.36 p.m.) -It is fitting that we should be debating the Space Activities Amendment Bill 2002 on this day because it was on this day that the second Star Wars movie, Attack of the Clones, was released. I have had the opportunity of having a briefing on that. The movie Attack of the Clones, in summary, was about a war that took place involving the clones. It was a war that was referred to by Obi-Wan Kenobi all those years ago in the original Star Wars movie-Obi-Wan Kenobi told Luke Skywalker that he fought with Luke's father in the clone wars. We subsequently learn, in that first trilogy, that Luke Skywalker's father was Darth Vader. So it is fitting that we are debating this legislation today for all those fans of space activity. I am also informed that there was no definition of outer space provided in the movie last night, so it is convenient that a definition of outer space be provided in this legislation here today. That definition is "100 kilometres from the earth'. I thought people would be interested that we do know what we are talking about when we are talking about space, whether it be in relation to Attack of the Clones or the Space Activities Amendment Bill 2002.