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Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Page: 3658


Ms PARKE (Fremantle) (19:55): On behalf of the people of Fremantle, I too would like to offer my condolences to the Coptic community in Australia, in Egypt and elsewhere around the world on the death of His Holiness Pope Shenouda III. I want to thank all of my colleagues on all sides who have spoken on this condolence motion and to echo the words of the Prime Minister, who said:

We know the eight million Coptic Christians in Egypt—and millions more worldwide—have lost their patriarch in a most difficult time in their history.

I also know the Australian Coptic community looks to events in Egypt with great anxiety for their fellow faithful and the holy places.

I want them to know today that the Copts of Egypt are not without friends in the world, or in Australia.