Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

We are very concerned about the use of arbitrary detention in a number of places around the world. We have engaged with international counterparts in relation to those matters, particularly counterparts in the UN Human Rights Council and in the United Nations context. I'm working closely with my Canadian counterpart in particular on these issues. It is always a matter of concern when Australians travel to countries where issues such as this are referred to in our travel advice explicitly and openly. We recommend strongly that Australians who seek to travel to such places read and observe the travel advice. The current travel advice continues to be 'do not travel' in the context of COVID-19. We form the advice through our Consular and Crisis Management Division— (Time expired)