Australia Sends Aid to Tsunami-Ravaged Tonga

Australia Sends Aid to Tsunami-Ravaged Tonga
Australia's Foreign Minister Marise Payne speaks during the 2+2 meeting with Australia's Defence Minister Peter Dutton, South Korea's Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong and South Korea's Defence Minister Suh Wook at the Foreign Ministry in Seol on September 13, 2021. Photo by Jung Yeon-Je - Pool/Getty Images
Steve Milne
Updated:

Australia is deploying aircraft and a naval vessel to bring much needed humanitarian and disaster-relief aid to Tonga after a tsunami lashed the islands on Saturday.

HMAS Adelaide will feature in the relief effort, bringing engineering and medical personnel and equipment, as well as helicopters to assist with logistics and distribution of humanitarian aid, Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne told 2GB on Tuesday.
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