Australian senators call for Red Cross access to Papua

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Updated August 21, 2009 19:34:10

Australia's government has sent a quiet signal to Indonesia about mounting concern over human rights conditions in Indonesia's restive Papua region.
The Rudd government -- facing accusations it's too quite on the issue -- has allowed its Senators to support a motion in Parliament's upper house that calls for pressure from Canberra on Indonesia to allow the return of the International Red Cross to West Papua.

Presenter:Linda Mottram
Speakers:Sarah Hanson-Young, Australian Greens party Senator; Septer Manufandu, director, Papua NGO's Co-operation Forum.

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