There is a principle involved here that, if you invade somebody else’s country, you must expect retaliation and that other nations might help in that retaliation, because we don’t want people just walking around invading other countries and starting wars....
I just want to make the observation that Greg Sheridan wrote a magnificent article in The Australian yesterday saying the whole of the world is watching Gaza and it should be debated in this House. But for this group of people to get away with the vilification of the...
The motion before the House is absolutely correct in citing the appalling death toll of this conflict and the increasing scale of humanitarian suffering, but we cannot forget, as this motion does, that more than 130 hostages are still being held by Hamas, nor can we...
The only way we will stop this carnage and stop the horror is through international pressure. Australia has a big role to play and a huge responsibility. Labor is sitting on its hands while this genocide unfolds and Labor will be judged harshly by history for this...
Parliament must stop backing the invasion of Gaza. Labor must stop backing the invasion of Gaza and help stop a genocide. Nothing could be more urgent than helping to stop slaughter. Mr BANDT (Melbourne—Leader of the Australian Greens) (10:26): I move: That so much of...
