Mr TEHAN (Wannon) (09:29): I follow the fine words of the assistant minister, and I also recognise Ed Husic, who's in the chamber with us today; we came into the parliament together. I know that this is a significant motion for you and your community, Ed. It's also significant that we stand here and recognise what took place, because if we don't keep remembering and if we don't make sure that we keep marking tragic abhorrent anniversaries like this, then the sad reality is that we will see them repeated. What took place in Srebrenica under the watchful eye, sadly, of the international community, is something that we should never ever see repeated. We have to make sure that the international community knows and understands, when it sets up safe havens, that that is exactly what they should be. They should be safe havens. Sadly, that was not the case, and the genocide that occurred—the international community found that it was a genocide—was the largest mass murder that had taken place in Europe since the Second World War. For those of us who are old enough to remember, there was coverage of that event that came into our living rooms. I think the footage of what was occurring at that time has always stayed with us. I know, as a young man, I found that footage extraordinarily confronting, and I know many Australians did. One of the great things about this nation is that we open our arms to people impacted by conflicts like that. That's what we did as a nation. I know I speak for everyone in this House. One of the things that makes us very proud to be Australian is that, when horrific events like that happen, we reach out and extend an open arm to those who are impacted by it. It's wonderful to see, and I think it's a wonderful reflection on humanity that those people have been able to come here to Australia. Although they carry deep scars and the trauma will stay with them forever, they've been able to build lives here and make sure that future generations—especially in this nation, hopefully globally—will never see the likes of what happened 30 years ago in Srebrenica. On behalf of the coalition, I extend our condolences to the Bosnian community and express our determination that we will work across the aisle to make sure events like this do not happen again. I commend the government for making sure that we're all given the opportunity to place on record that this nation stands with the Bosnian community to make sure that those who are here can continue to live the full lives they deserve to live and that those who, sadly, were slaughtered in this event will never ever be forgotten.