Helen Kroger (Victoria, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

At the request of Senators Cash, Brandis, Wong, Milne, Moore and Waters, I move:

That the Senate notes that:

(a) Australia condemns the group responsible for the abduction of more than 200 school girls from Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria, and is deeply concerned at reports of further abductions in north-eastern Nigeria;

(b) the Australian Government has made contact with the Nigerian High Commission in Canberra and the Nigerian Government in Abuja to express concern;

(c) Australia is working with Nigeria on counter-terrorism to prevent attacks, including the recent bombings that took place in Abuja and these abductions;

(d) Australia has joined other members of the United Nations Security Council in condemning in the strongest terms the recent attacks committed by Boko Haram;

(e) Australia is strongly committed to empowering women and girls socially, politically and economically, by ending violence against women and girls, and improving access to health care and education; and

(f) the Australian Government continues to advise Australians to reconsider their need to travel to Nigeria given the high threat of terrorist attack and kidnapping.

I ask that my name also be associated with the motion.