CHRIS BOWEN MP
ACTING LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION
SHADOW TREASURER
MEMBER FOR MCMAHON
THE HON MARK DREYFUS QC MP
ACTING SHADOW MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SHADOW ATTORNEY-GENERAL
SHADOW MINISTER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
MEMBER FOR ISAACS
ISTANBUL TERROR ATTACK
Labor utterly condemns the barbarous and deadly attack on the Reina Nightclub in Turkey.
At least 39 people were murdered, and 70 wounded in what the Turkish Government has described as a "massacre, a truly inhumane savagery" of people celebrating what all of us had hoped would be a more peaceful and tolerant New Year.
Labor expresses its deepest sympathy to the Turkish people and the families of all those killed and wounded in the attack.
Thankfully, it appears no Australians have been killed or wounded, and Labor thanks our embassy in Turkey, and officials at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for their assistance to people concerned about friends and relatives in Turkey.
We remain resolute in our commitment to working with our allies and friends around the world to defeating terrorism in all its forms.
MONDAY, 2 JANUARY 2017
