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

I disagree with the lip service point. That seems to suggest that the only way in which a government can express its view on the many regimes and countries with which we do not agree is by sanctions. If that is the case, then there were almost no expressions in support for human rights under the coalition. Almost none. So my point is this: there are a great many states in this world, some in our regions, whose actions we do not agree with. And sometimes you're right: sometimes we look at some of the hardest form of expression of that. The UN sanctions are an example. The sanctions on North Korea and Russia are an example. But what we should also do is what Australia has been doing, which is bilaterally and multilaterally add our voice in condemnation of what is occurring in Iran. (Time expired)