Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Australia does of course join the international community in demanding that the brutal suppression of the civilian population by the Gaddafi regime ceases immediately. Australia has committed an additional $4 million for vulnerable groups in Libya and to help manage the influx of people into Tunisia and Egypt. The Australian government has pledged $2 million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and $2 million to the International Organization for Migration. Australia’s total assistance to the people of Libya now exceeds $15 million, making us the third largest donor overall behind the United States and the European Union. So it is clear that Australia is playing its part in the intervention designed to protect the people of Libya. We will continue to support action that puts their interests first and attacks the Gaddafi regime’s very unacceptable treatment of its own people. (Time expired)