Senator STEELE-JOHNÂ (Western Australia) (15:38): I move: That at the conclusion of formal motions today, the Senate observe a minute of silence in memory of the civilian lives lost in Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel. Link to Parliamentary Hansard
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...
I move that, in the opinion of the Senate, the following is a matter of urgency: To support peace for Palestinians and Israelis, and due to the approximately 10,000 Palestinian deaths and over 1400 Israeli deaths, the Australian Government call for an immediate...
A high level of concern exists that the annual funding to the Palestinians and new initial emergency aid money of $10 million from taxpayers being provided to aid civilians in Gaza are being directly and incorrectly used to support terrorists in committing acts of...
(b) condemns war crimes perpetrated by the state of Israel, including the bombing of Palestinian civilians and calls for an immediate ceasefire between all parties and an end to the war on Gaza, recognising also that for there to be peace there must be an end to the...