The government is working to support an Australian in Somalia following an allegation he was smuggled there on a false passport for gay conversion therapy.
The details of the man are not in the public domain, but foreign affairs department officials confirmed the government was working with a citizen in the African nation, when asked at a parliamentary hearing.
Opposition foreign affairs spokesman Simon Birmingham asked whether the department was aware "of a case of an Australian allegedly forcibly removed from Australia allegedly under a false passport to undergo gay conversion therapy in Somalia".
"Has the department been in a position to take any action to assist this individual?" he asked officials on Thursday.
Consular operations assistant secretary Ian Gerard confirmed the government was providing consular assistance to an Australian in Somalia.
"The Australian High Commission in Nairobi continues to support that Australian and monitor his welfare," he said.
