Sussan Ley (Farrer, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

on indulgence—I rise to associate the opposition with the Prime Minister's remarks. We are all disgusted to learn of the serious and chilling foreign interference which has been perpetrated by the Islamic Republic of Iran on Australian soil. As the Director-General of Security explained today, the Iranian government has been confirmed as having directed at least two attacks against Australia's Jewish community, including the firebombing of the Adass Israel synagogue. To Australia's Jewish community, our message has been abundantly clear throughout this period of heightened antisemitism: all Australians have a right to practice their faith free from persecution, free from violence and free from fear.

These acts of egregious foreign interference are brazen attempts to cleave apart our social cohesion, to turn neighbour against neighbour and Australian against Australian. I, therefore, want to make it abundantly clear on behalf of the coalition that, while we sit opposite from the government in this chamber, we are entirely united behind the measures announced today to expel the Iranian ambassador and list the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation.

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