Senate debates

Tuesday, 24 August 2021

Questions without Notice

Afghanistan

2:02 pm

Photo of Penny WongPenny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

[by video link] Those the Australian government has instructed to travel to the Hamid Karzai airport have faced a perilous journey—some having to wade through a sewer—only then to be refused entry despite having relevant documentation. The United States, Canada, Germany and New Zealand are working beyond the airport to evacuate citizens and Afghans. Is Australia going to do the same, and, if not, why not?

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