Senator Arthur Sinodinos – voiced opposition to Milne’s motion calling on Australia to support according Palestine the status of ‘non-member observer State’ at the UN

Nov 28, 2012

By the government’s action we have given our vote—in effect, our consent—to what Hamas has done. Full speech Senator SINODINOS (New South Wales) (15:11): Today the opposition again extended the hand of bipartisanship on both issues, Israel and the National...

Senator Bob Carr – responding to questions by Ursula Stephens on Australia’s response to the crisis in Gaza from Israel’s military operation ‘Pillar of Defense’

Nov 21, 2012

The Australian government is gravely concerned by the crisis in Gaza and prospects for a further escalation in violence. Australia condemns the repeated rocket and mortar attacks on Israel from the Gaza Strip and calls for them to end immediately. Full speech Senator...

Senator Bob Carr – responding to questions by Lee Rhiannon regarding damage to Australian-funded aid programming in Palestine

Oct 30, 2012

Australia has expressed concern to the Israeli authorities about the proposed demolitions and is committed to working with the Israeli authorities to find a solution which avoids demolition of these structures. Full speech Senator Rhiannon asked the Minister for...

Senator Bob Carr – responding to questions by Eric Abetz on the legal attack by Israeli organisation, Shurat Ha-Din, on Australian-funded aid programming operated by World Vision and the Union of Agricultural Work Committee

Oct 30, 2012

The senator ought to take his submission to Tel Aviv or Jerusalem because his argument is with the government of Israel. The government of Israel has not proscribed this organisation. Let me just say what it does when they are seeking to deny aid. It distributes...

Senator Bob Carr – responding to questions by Eric Abetz on the legal attack by Israeli organisation, Shurat Ha-Din, on Australian-funded aid programming operated by World Vision and the Union of Agricultural Work Committee

Aug 23, 2012

I underline this point: you will not have a secure peace in the Middle East, you will not have security for the state of Israel and you will not have an end to the accumulated decades of suffering while keeping the people of Palestine trapped in poverty and without...