Steve Fielding (Victoria, Family First Party) Share this | Hansard source

On behalf of Family First, I would also like to echo the thoughts and prayers of other senators on this motion. Like many Australians, I was shocked at the images coming out of Japan following the earthquake and tsunami. It was hard to imagine that it was real and actually happening. Our thoughts and prayers are with all those families who have lost loved ones and also those families who are still missing family members. Also, we think of the dangerous work that the workers at the nuclear power plants are going on with. We hope that that is brought under control very quickly and there is no further damage there. Again, our deepest sympathies are with those families who have lost loved ones and those who are injured. We hope they have a speedy recovery. We know that the Japanese people are resilient and we are with them standing strong in this time of need.