Bob Brown (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. A report does not deal with the question of whether the government is going to move to end the import of illegally logged material from Papua New Guinea. That is what the minister can give an answer to the chamber about. Is the minister aware that last week four non-government organisation staff were beaten by police while doing fieldwork in Papua New Guinea? Is she aware that a senior lawyer representing communities fighting logging issues has received death threats? Is she aware that several Greenpeace activists have been threatened with arrest on trumped-up charges in that country? Is the government prepared to use its undoubted huge diplomatic strength to bring an end to the corruption in this industry in Papua New Guinea?