Catryna Bilyk (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

It's now over two years since Russia began its illegal, full-scale invasion of Ukraine. While the media attention in Australia has waned in favour of more recent world events, the violence, the torture, the rape and the atrocities inflicted on the citizens of Ukraine has continued unabated at the hand of Vladimir Putin. Such atrocities were recently highlighted in a screening of the documentary film Bullet Holes organised by the Australia-Ukraine Parliamentary Friendship Group at Parliament House, which horrifically detailed the systematic killing of Ukrainian children at the hands of Russian forces.

I'm proud to say that Australia's commitment to Ukraine remains resolute. In April this year the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles, announced a further $100 million military assistance package for Ukraine. This latest package includes $50 million for short-range air defence systems, $30 million for uncrewed aerial systems, and $15 million for other high-priority equipment—such as combat helmets, rigid hull inflatable boats, boots, fire masks and generators—and the delivery of air-to-ground precision munitions. This takes Australia's military assistance to $880 million since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and brings Australia's overall support to Ukraine to over $1 billion. (Time expired)