This is a petition that has attracted close to 15,000 signatures both here in Australia and worldwide. It’s the initiative of my 14-year-old constituent Ammar Mahmoud, who lives in Mickleham in my electorate, and was established on change.org. The petition...
While the conflict is far from our shores and our impact is small, the least Australia can do is to act morally and in accordance with international law, and this must include respect for both the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court,...
Today, I welcome the words of Senator Penny Wong, in her opening statement in Senate estimates, where she talked of the government using Australia’s voice to advocate for a pathway out of this conflict and calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. Ms...
Have you had any communication—and I’m sure there are other matters much higher on everybody’s agenda in that part of the world—from the State of Israel on the turnaround of the MV Bahijah, the live export ship, which was on its way to Israel? Senator...
When we look at arms and ammunition exports by country, we can see that the DFAT’s trade statistical pivot tables show that in arms and ammunition exports from Australia to the State of Israel, there was $13 million of the kinds of products that I’d just...
