Bob Brown (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I thank the minister for that answer. In view of the sheer size of this disaster, will the minister seek to see how Australia is placed to assist UNICEF or other agencies in rapidly getting assistance into the area? Will the government look at the prospect of Australia establishing an international disaster centre in this country to deal with the recurrent major disasters that we see in our region, such as the tsunami, earthquakes, cyclones and now this flood disaster in Bihar?