Nick McKim (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

The Australian government's response to this crisis has been unacceptably weak. We welcome the extra aid allocation to deal with what is a massive humanitarian crisis, but Australia ought to be joining other Five Eyes countries in imposing significant sanctions on the Myanmar regime. Specifically, Australia should cut its military ties and order its military liaison in Myanmar back to Australia. We should also impose all sanctions available to us on members of the junta in Myanmar, including freezing any financial assets they may have in this country and also ensuring that they are not granted visas to travel to Australia. We have to muscle up and defend those poor people who are languishing with inadequate supports.