Today is the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. There is nothing more urgent on this day than for the Australian government to call for an immediate ceasefire between all of the parties in Gaza. The current truce agreement is not even close...
But today, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, our foreign minister did not even mention the war in Gaza. There was no recognition, no reaching out and no sympathising with the families of the 20,000 people who have been killed in...
Ceasefire now! The people of Gaza need more than a temporary truce, with the Israeli government flagging that they’ll continue the war with full force after the truce, including moving into southern Gaza. This is not self-defence after the horrific acts of...
Coalition MPs gave themselves licence to spout what I felt was the most appalling racist commentary. Then, with Israel and Hamas, the bellicose warmongering escalated on both sides of this House. I thought I couldn’t be shocked anymore—not so. The inhumanity,...
With less than 24 hours to go on this—and it isn’t a ceasefire; I want to be really clear about this. It has been called that in the media. It is a tactical pause or an operational pause. It is not a ceasefire. I support their calls, and my party members in the...
