Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

In addition to the CDF's conversation with Rear Admiral Naupoto today to ensure the effective coordination of our support, as I referred to earlier, the ADF is also working closely with the New Zealand Defence Force to coordinate our support to the government of Fiji. I am aware that New Zealand has deployed a P3 Orion to assist with aerial assessment in the early days.

We are also working with the Pacific Islands Forum, which is consulting with its broader membership about how they are able to assist in Fiji as it, as a country, identifies the areas in which particular assistance is needed. We have also engaged with other international partners, such as the United Kingdom and the United States, and are keeping them informed of our contributions to enable them to consider areas in which they may assist. Australia is also working in close cooperation with France through our France-Australia-New Zealand trilateral disaster relief arrangement here in the Pacific.