We will continue to articulate a principled position. We have done so all the way through. We recognise that what occurred on 7 October was horrific. We recognise that Hamas is an organisation which is dedicated to the destruction of the State of Israel. We recognise...
We have said that we want humanitarian pauses as the necessary first step. We have said that any step on the path to ceasefire can’t be one-sided. Hamas is still bombing Israel, still using human shields and still holding more than 200 hostages. I’ve said...
The position in the Middle East is a complex one and one that we know is causing great distress for Jewish Australians, for Palestinian Australians and for people of Islamic faith as well. We know that. We have a responsibility to not seek to politicise these matters...
To many in the Australian community, with the equivalent of two nuclear bombs already dropped on civilians and civilian infrastructure, Gaza’s destruction is too close to home. This weekend I received calls from constituents who reported to me hundreds of family...
These were not the actions of war. These were the actions of Hamas terrorists whose stated aim is to wipe out the Jewish population. Israel is fighting back and going to great lengths to prevent harming Gazan non-combatants. Of the one million people who lived in...
