Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

We have absolute sympathy for the plight of many Australians overseas, and it is why we are working to increase those quarantine places, put in place more supported fights and provide targeted assistance in a range of different ways. In relation to support for candidacies, we think this is a thing Australian governments consistently should provide. Indeed, if we look back, I can see that Gareth Evans was provided with some $250,000 of support, in 1999 dollar terms, for his candidacy, by the Howard government, for UNESCO—