Senate debates

Wednesday, 8 April 2020

Questions without Notice

Covid-19

3:41 pm

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

Every single one of these cases is different. Every single country has different circumstances. Every single flight is different. In some cases, there are able to be commercial flights on scheduled arrangements. In some cases, they are charters. In other cases, they are a commercial venture—which was the one that Senator Wong referred to, organised by Chimu Travel, not by the government—supported by the government so that it could occur. We provided important indemnity and underwriting for that flight and for the flight of Australians from the Ocean Atlantic in Montevideo, which was also organised by Chimu Travel. But every single one of those is the same. We have not been involved in setting up those prices. So, although there are Australians literally everywhere, we are endeavouring to work with those— (Time expired)

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