Helen Coonan (NSW, Liberal Party, Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

As we all agree, all Australians do condemn the perpetrators of these very cowardly and frightful attacks on innocent victims, which, as I said in my remarks, demonstrate in the clearest of terms that terrorist groups are active in South Asia. I ask the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Faulkner, if he is able to provide any information about this: what steps are being taken by the Australian government to strengthen our security ties with India and her neighbours and, in particular, to support them to identify militant groups and to root out terrorism?