Senator Conroy: The Minister for Foreign Affairs has provided to following answer to the honourable senator's question: (a) Australia has spent about $55 million on addressing preventable blindness in the Asia-Pacific region since 24 November 2007. (b) The countries that are receiving Australian Government assistance to address curable blindness in the Asia-Pacific region are: Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Laos, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Vietnam.