Brisbane, Dec. 1 : Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has said she would take steps to ensure that David Coker, one of the Australians trapped by terrorists in Mumbai, is nominated for an Australian Bravery Award.

"From everything I''ve seen and read, this young man showed remarkable calm under extraordinary pressure, acted selflessly to protect his girlfriend and deserves recognition for that bravery," Bligh told the Townsville Bulletin.

Sydney woman Kate Anstee, 24, and her Townsville boyfriend David Coker, 23, had been in Mumbai only a day, when a bullet broke Anstee''s femur and exited through the front of her thigh.

Queensland, Aug 25 : Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has said that she was not aware of adoptions of stolen Indian children during her term as Child Safety Minister.

Bligh said the Queensland Government was assisting in the investigation but she could not recall concerns about child stealing during her time as Child Safety Minister.

“Not to the best of my recollection, but there is material being gathered by the department about the child concerned so there may well be something that I don''t recall, but as you''ll appreciate it is a long time ago,” she said.

News. com. au quoted Bligh as saying that she did not wish to speculate about the validity of the adoption, should the case go to court.