Mehreen Faruqi (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

RUQI () (): My question is to Minister Wong, representing the Prime Minister. The recent climate-fuelled floods in Pakistan are having horrific consequences. To date, one-third of Pakistan is underwater, 33 million people are affected, the death toll is more than a thousand people, one million homes have been wiped out and half a million people are living in tents. This is the deadly face of the climate catastrophe. Early estimates show that the damage from the floods is more than $10 billion. The UN has called for $160 million in emergency aid. Australia has so far promised a measly $2 million in aid to Pakistan. Just $2 million. This is nowhere near our fair share. Minister, will the government take responsibility and provide aid to Pakistan that is more commensurate with our wealth and contribution to the climate crisis and equivalent to the scale of the disaster?