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

If the honourable senator wants to interject, I will give him leave to make his own statement. It is important for us as part of global civil society to take very, very strong action. There have been acts of great violence and cruelty on both sides, but there is no doubt that, whatever has befallen in the past, the Sri Lankan government has the upper hand at the moment. There is an enclave—described yesterday on ABC news as being less than the size of Central Park in New York—with thousands of civilians caught in it which is being bombarded. It is not beyond the Sri Lankan government under those circumstances to have peacekeepers brought in and to have an end put to the bombs lobbing onto families just like ours in dreadful circumstances. This requires more than just statements. It requires stronger action by the global community to have an end put to that disastrous situation.

Question agreed to.