Janet Rice (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, given that we haven't applied further targeted sanctions on Myanmar so far—and I take your point that it's still open, and I'm looking forward to that further consideration of it—given that there are so many people here in Australia, Myanmar diaspora community members and others who are desperately con concerned to see action taken against the coup leaders, and given that, without this amendment, the legislation is not going to change the situation and will continue to enable you to fairly opaquely decide whether or not to apply sanctions to the coup leaders in Myanmar, what do you say to the people of Myanmar, the diaspora members and community members here in Australia who say that Australia is not doing enough and that people are dying while Australia adheres to a failed strategy?