John Faulkner (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Cabinet Secretary) Share this | Hansard source

The government is advising all Australians to keep themselves informed of developments, to remain in close contact with their airlines and travel operators, to follow any instructions issued by local authorities and to monitor our travel advice for any updates. I can advise the Senate in response to Senator Bishop’s supplementary question that the travel advice for Thailand has been reviewed and reissued. The overall level of the advice has not changed but we have upgraded the level of advice for Bangkok. We are now advising Australians to reconsider their need to travel to Bangkok at this time due to the continued closure of the main airports and, of course, the fact that there is very limited availability of flights. The situation does remain very uncertain, and I repeat that our uppermost concern is for the safety and welfare of Australians. (Time expired