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

[by video link] We know that people continue to register. It may seem a surprising thing that individuals would not have made known their presence in Afghanistan long before this last little while, but registration is something that we have seen continue during this evacuation process. What we are doing is working to move through those we can help as quickly as possible. That means helping all whom we can help of those who make it through to Hamid Karzai airport, working with the officials from the many nations, particularly the United States, who are helping with security operations, including the targeted assistance outside the airport perimeter, and making sure that, as a nation, we are lending assistance to others as we would hope they would lend assistance to us. To have had 2,650 people in the 22 flights stood up at such short notice is no mean feat. We extend all our thanks and gratitude to the officials and the personnel—