Senate debates

Tuesday, 25 October 2022

Questions without Notice

Israel

2:05 pm

Photo of Penny WongPenny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

First, if I can just finish this point, I think the shadow minister and the chamber do know that Mr Morrison changed decades of bipartisan position in relation to this matter for the Wentworth by-election. That's the context of it. I want to make this clear. We made very clear, in fact, if you look at what I said in 2018, that we not only opposed what Mr Morrison had done but we would be reversing it. This is in the context of the 2018 decision. With Mr Shorten as leader, we agreed that we would reverse this position should Labor form government. And we made clear prior to the last election that Jerusalem is a final status issue. The reality is there can be no lasting peace that does not address the status of Jerusalem, and we ought not be supporting an approach that undermines this prospect. (Time expired)

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