Anthony Byrne (Holt, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Madam Deputy Speaker, on indulgence—and my apologies to the member for North Sydney for walking across his path—I inform this chamber, as the Prime Minister has just informed the House, that there has been an accident today in Afghanistan where we have lost three of our soldiers and we have an indeterminate number who are injured. Obviously that has caused great concern to the House, and a statement has been made by the Prime Minister and also by the Leader of the Opposition. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those we have lost and those who are injured.

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