澳大利亞提供20億美元支持菲律賓重建工作

The Australian government will provide a further 20 million AU dollars (almost $18.61 million) and deploy additional Australian Defence Force logistic support to help the Philippines to respond to Typhoon Haiyan, bringing total Australian assistance to over 30 million AU dollars (almost $27.91 million), Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced Thursday.

The prime minister said the additional funds will be used to address serious nutrition, child health and protection needs, purchase emergency foods and provide logistic support and non-food items.

"As a good friend and neighbor, Australia stands beside the Philippines as it deals with this humanitarian disaster," Abbott said in a statement.

According to the arrangement, two Royal Australian Air Force aircraft, a C-17A Globemaster and a C-130J Hercules, have already been deployed to the Philippines to assist the relief effort. Both arrived in the Philippines overnight, transporting Australian doctors, nurses, paramedics, other medical specialists, and ADF logistic support staff.

And a statement from the Australian government said the defence had also assigned an additional RAAF C-130J Hercules and stands ready to deploy a second C-17A Globemaster if required.

In addition,Royal Australian Navy will also provide support. HMAS Tobruk has been diverted from her current tasking to be available to support the relief and recovery effort if requested by the government of the Philippines.

HMAS Tobruk is ideally suited to assist given her amphibious heavy lift capability, on board accommodation and ability to support helicopter and landing craft operations.

簡明釋義：澳大利亞首相托尼·雅培周四宣佈，政府將提供一個進一步20000000澳元（近18.61億美元）的援助計劃，以幫助菲律賓以響應台風海燕帶來的影響，澳大利亞援助總額將超過30億澳元（近27.91億美元）。此外，澳大利亞皇傢海軍也將提供支持。