In Australia, for our defence forces, mefloquine has been used only as a third-line drug for malaria resistance. The the majority of our forces who are serving in malaria-prone areas are actually receiving other drugs. The numbers involved in Australia who have had mefloquine are very small.
For us, reaching out to individuals is quite feasible. Most of that activity is done by the Australian Defence Force as opposed to the Department of Veterans' Affairs, but we actually have a collaborative effort in place at the moment. That's the work that Minister Tehan referred to in his media release, as part of which we ran a workshop in a city called Townsville, in the far north of Queensland, where a number of the people who are most concerned about the administration of mefloquine currently live, to provide information about the services and the supports available for people who have concerns about their mental or physical health, whether as a result of their exposure to mefloquine or from other causes.