Helen Coonan (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Stott Despoja for her supplementary question. Obviously, we are working very closely with all agencies in relation to the deployment of our aid and in relation to the situation as it unfolds in Darfur. I can also confirm that we have 10 AFP officers on the ground there working with the United Nations. So we have made that additional contribution in personnel to the efforts there on the ground. As I have said—and I repeat—any further deployment would need to be considered in the context of our extensive commitments elsewhere and the existing contribution we have made in Sudan.