Mr PRICE (8:00 PM) —Mr Speaker, you know how indebted I am for the call; I will be very brief. I want to associate myself with the remarks of the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition and all those who have participated in this condolence motion about the terrorist attacks in Bali. In particular, I pay attention to the two backbenchers who participated in the House—the honourable member for Paterson and the honourable member for Newcastle. I thought they both made very good contributions.

Obviously, Bali is a special place for Indonesians and the Balinese, but for Australians it is almost a rite of passage for so many of our young folk. Notwithstanding this second tragedy, I have some sympathy for the Minister for Health and Ageing, who advises people that we should always pay attention to the travel advisories that are issued but that we should not let the Balinese down either. We just hope that this will be the last such atrocity, the last such outrage. To the victims and their families in Newcastle and to the family of Brendan Fitzgerald in Busselton, I extend my deep felt sympathy, not only from me but from my electorate.

I have a very large Pakistani community in my electorate. I am Deputy President of the Australia-Pakistan parliamentary group and every year I travel to Ryde to celebrate Pakistan Day there. The earthquake in Pakistan, which has also affected Afghanistan and India and appears to have taken 40,000 lives, is a horrific tragedy. I support the government totally in its donation of some $5.5 million to date. I hope we will be generous and dig deeper if we can help and if there is a continuing need. I know that the President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, has asked all Pakistanis living overseas to be generous and to dig deep. I know that Ejaz Khan, President of the Pakistan Australia Friendship Association, and his members will indeed organise most generously on behalf of the victims. I know that the children of the King Abdul Aziz school in my electorate will dig deep, and I ask all those who attend the mosque adjacent to the school to be generous and to dig deep. The loss of 40,000 lives is something we find very hard to understand and to come to grips with. On my behalf and on behalf of all my constituents, I express my heartfelt sorrow at the tragedy that has unfolded in Pakistan.