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Title

QUESTIONS ON NOTICE

Indonesia

Database

Senate Hansard

Date

25-11-2010

Source

Senate

Parl No.

43

Electorate

Tasmania

Interjector

 

Page

2327

Party

AG

Presenter

 

Status

Final

Question No.

174

Questioner

Brown, Sen Bob

Responder

Sherry, Sen Nick

Speaker

 

Stage

Indonesia

Type

 

Context

Answers to Questions on Notice

System Id

chamber/hansards/2010-11-25/0248


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Thursday, 25 November 2010
Page: 2327


Senator Bob Brown asked the Minister representing the Minister for Resources and Energy, upon notice, on 28 October 2010:

(1)   Did the tsunami warning system work correctly on Monday, 25 October 2010 for the tsunami that hit the Sumatran coast; if so, what went wrong with the warnings to, and the evacuation of, residents.

(2)   If the system did not work correctly, why not.


Senator Sherry (Minister for Small Business, Minister Assisting on Deregulation and Minister Assisting the Minister for Tourism) —The Minister for Resources and Energy has provided the following answer to the honourable senator’s question:

Indonesia has its own operating Tsunami Early Warning System which worked correctly following the large earthquake on 25 October.

The combination of the tsunami being generated so close to shore, the time of arrival (late night), and the low-lying nature of the land meant that lives were lost.