Ms Julie Bishop (Curtin, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, on indulgence: today, 9 September, marks the fifth anniversary of the bombing of the Australian Embassy in Jakarta. As the Minister for Foreign Affairs stated in his remarks, 11 people were killed, including visitors to our embassy and Indonesians who were employed by our embassy—a guard, a gardener—people going about their everyday lives. About 200 people were injured in the attack, including a police officer whom the Australian government medivaced to Singapore and paid for his treatment and hospitalisation. This attack came in the form of a car bomb outside the entrance to the embassy. It was a message from terrorists to Australia, but it only increased our resolve to work with Indonesian authorities to eliminate terrorist activity in the region.

This week we will also mark the eighth anniversary of September 11. Our thoughts and prayers go to all affected by terrorist attacks, and particularly—on this day, 9 September—to those affected by the tragic event in Indonesia five years ago.

See this speech in context