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

As I said in my remarks in my response to Senator Wong's first question, we are very concerned about the impact that this military action by Turkey will have on the fight and campaign against Daesh. We know that we have achieved a territorial defeat of Daesh, and that is broadly accepted, but we also know, and Australia most particularly recognises given the vulnerabilities in our own region, that Daesh is more than capable of large bursts of energy and activity and continuing terrorist and violent extremist activity not just in the Middle East but also allied with other extremist organisations in our region and more broadly. So any action that enables their activity, that enables that engagement, is of concern to Australia.