Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

I rise to join with the Prime Minister in utterly condemning the Libyan government for its violence against its own people and in comprehensively condemning the Libyan leader, Colonel Gaddafi, who has totally lost any right to rule. I say on behalf of the coalition that we support strong measures against the regime including the consideration of a UN authorised no-fly zone and a referral of Libya’s conduct to the International Criminal Court. I should also say that we welcome the measures the Prime Minister has just announced and we welcome and are grateful for the assistance that has been given to Australian citizens by Britain, America and Canada and by other countries. We also welcome the leadership that our foreign minister, Mr Rudd, has been providing in the Middle East in organising international action against this rogue regime.

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