Is Australia, in fact, able to meet any requests from PNG?
JOHN FAULKNER: Well, it is a – very significant resources, but I would say to you that it’s absolutely appropriate in the circumstances. I reported to the Senate last evening that the Prime Minister spoke to Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare, offered of course Australian support with the search and rescue effort in PNG, and that offer was gratefully accepted by Sir Michael. And obviously all assistance is being provided by Australia and it’s been, I think, a very quick, and very thorough, and very appropriate response by the Australian Defence Force, and I stress the urgency of the response in obviously the very difficult circumstances that we have in relation to the missing aircraft. REPORTER: Clearly there is urgency because it’s quite possible for people to survive small plane crashes, but you have no information yet on sighting of wreckage or anything to that extent? JOHN FAULKNER: No, I don’t. And of course there – you’d be aware that a Dornier search and rescue plane from Cairns
