The Government has announced an additional $3.2 million in humanitarian assistance for people displaced by ethnic unrest in Myanmar's Rakhine state.
Foreign Affairs Minister Bob Carr is in Yangon for a meeting with president Thein Sein and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Ethnic violence in Rakhine has claimed 192 lives and left 140,000 people homeless.
Senator Carr says the new commitment lifts Australia's total aid contribution to the Rakhine state to $9 million.
"Our aid is going to mean shelter for an additional 9,000," he said.
"It means water and sanitation in the camps is going to be improved and it means we are going to help the safety and the security of displaced people, particularly women and girls.
"This means Australia is the biggest donor nation when it comes to looking after the acute humanitarian problems in this part of Myanmar."
The Government is also donating $3 million to help Myanmar conduct its first nationwide census in 30 years.
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