The convention will support new trading opportunities for Australian businesses by reducing withholding taxes, helping to create a more favourable bilateral investment environment between Australia and Israel. Full speech Mr STEPHEN JONES (Whitlam) (11:08): I move:...
Australia has a long, proud history of friendship with the state of Israel but, right now, we ask of our friends one simple request—bring Leifer back. Full speech Mr BURNS (Macnamara) (13:45): Yesterday, the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition marked one...
This free trade agreement with Indonesia has been a long time coming. Negotiations began under the Gillard government in 2010, restarted in 2016 and concluded in 2018. The signing process was then derailed for a time, when Prime Minister Morrison suggested that...
Further annexations represent a continued violation of Palestinian rights and international law and, if it goes ahead, will spell the end of any meaningful peace process or realistic chance of achieving a lasting two-state solution, the internationally agreed...
But now there’s an upcoming Israeli Supreme Court hearing against Omar Shakir, who is Human Rights Watch’s Israel and Palestine Director. There is a suggestion that he is to be deported, basically. Amnesty International, a group of former Israeli...