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  • Australian Labor Party Senator for SA
  • Leader of the Government in the Senate (since 1 Jun 2022)
    Minister for Foreign Affairs (since 1 Jun 2022)
  • Became a Senator on 1 July 2002 — Federal election
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Questions without Notice: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (8 Feb 2024)

“I'll provide information about the October announcement. My recollection is that it was UN organisations, including UNICEF, and also the International Committee of the Red Cross, but I will confirm the detail of that with you. Senator Chandler, I don't believe it is disputed, at the point where we are in Gaza, that the UNRWA is the only entity on the ground that is able to deliver aid and...”

Questions without Notice: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (8 Feb 2024)

“Can I first go back to the point in the question that was first raised. I can advise that I received advice on UNRWA from my department last year prior to the disbursement of Australia's core funding for 2023-24. The advice to me, based on an independently audited review, was that there was no evidence that funds had been diverted and that our key partners, including the United States, the...”

Questions without Notice: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (8 Feb 2024)

“The first point I would make to the senator is that UNRWA has been funded by Australian governments of both stripes since 1951 and is also funded by our closest partners—the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. We also know—and this is relevant—that currently about 1.4 million Palestinians are sheltering in UNRWA facilities. Thousands of its staff are involved in...”

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  • Has spoken in 124 debates in the last year — above average amongst Senators.
  • People have made 10 comments on this Senator's speeches — well above average amongst Senators.
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  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 2786 times in debates — well above average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)

Register of Interests (What's this?)

Penny Wong's latest interest statementPDFLast updated: 19 Apr 2023