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Australian prime minister Scott Morrison is speaking now in Perth and has been asked about whether Australia will be giving any aid to Indonesia in the wake of Friday’s earthquake.

He said Australia had already provided half a million dollars in immediate support through the Red Cross and was looking at providing a “second round of support”, but would not be drawn on what that might look like.



“The Australian government has already provided $500,000 of support immediately through the Indonesian Red Cross, and that’s to support the most obvious emergency aid needs – tarpaulins, things of that nature,” he said.

“Our ambassador has been working closely with the Indonesian government to look at a second round of support, and we’re currently working together with them on that and we’ll have more to say about that when some decisions have been made.



“I’ll have more to say once the arrangements have been settled. I don’t want to get ahead of ourselves here. We’re still working some of those details through but once they have been confirmed I will announce them soon.”