Yesterday, the Labor government and the opposition opposed the Greens’ call for a ceasefire in Gaza. Both said, ‘This is a very grave and serious situation,’ yet your actions completely belie your words. Labor wants a pause. What is a four-hour pause...
To you, the Australian Holocaust survivors, I say, and I trust this Senate says, we do stand with you. We thank you for your grace and your courage in making this remarkable, poignant, impactful statement. Senator BIRMINGHAM (South Australia—Leader of the Opposition...
Australia welcomes the G7 foreign ministers’ statement supporting humanitarian pauses and corridors in Gaza to facilitate urgently needed assistance and civilian movement. We join with the G7 in its condemnation of Hamas’s terror attacks and call for the...
The Australian government cannot take a moment longer to support a ceasefire. This motion gives them the opportunity to do so. If anyone in this place doubts the urgency of this motion, consider what we’ve seen occur in the past few days in Gaza. The death toll...
What I would say is this: the people of Gaza cannot wait for the parties to this conflict to agree to a ceasefire, so we are joining the international community, including the G7, in calling for pauses in the hostilities, because we understand that food, water, fuel,...