Ken O'Dowd (Flynn, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

Yes. That's right. Thank you. That was the situation. The member for Leichhardt was with me on that occasion. It was a fact those people were hamstrung in that wet, tropical country. There were mosquitos everywhere. I lived in Bougainville in New Guinea for several years. We used to take quinine tablets every morning. We didn't get malaria—they must have worked.

More recently, I was on an Asian delegation, and we visited places like Myanmar, where we saw a lot of poverty for sure but also facilities looking after the health of the Myanmar people—and we all know the events of the last couple of weeks will not have helped what is going on over there.

There we ran across the former member for Page, Janelle Saffin, in Myanmar. She was doing a tremendous job. Aung San Suu Kyi is now the new leader of Myanmar, and Janelle is doing a fantastic job. I would like to thank her for her support on this issue. Thank you very much.

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