After 48 days, and under intense and sustained pressure from the community and the Greens, the Labor government has been forced under pressure to reverse its disgraceful suspension of UNRWA funding, a decision that should never have been made in the first place. It is...
The government’s practices as to the cancellation of these visas have been on the record. As we have made clear repeatedly, this government is following exactly the same process as the former government in the granting of visas and the consideration of visa...
Of course the Labor Party doesn’t want to see anybody starving, and that’s the case in respect of Gaza. That is why Australia has committed $52.5 million in humanitarian aid, and it is why Australia has resumed its contribution towards UNRWA and will...
We want to ensure that all aid that we provide as a government to any organisation in any country gets to the people it’s intended to get to. We are strongly of the belief that that is the case with these contributions. Senator CHANDLER (Tasmania) (15:43): My...
It is of deep regret that the government does not have partners in this effort in either the opposition or the Greens, who are only, in their own ways, looking for opportunities to use this crisis to whip up conflict and whip up anger for votes. If they were sincere...
