Senate debates
Monday, 1 July 2024
Questions without Notice
Middle East
2:23 pm
Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) | Hansard source
At the end of my last answer, I should have said that we voted for a ceasefire, and we voted to admit Palestine as a member of the United Nations. I note what the senator has said. What demonstrates, frankly, the Greens' political agenda is that last week they couldn't bring themselves to support this motion: 'the need for the Senate to recognise the state of Palestine as part of a peace process in support of a two-state solution and a just and enduring peace'. What does it say about how much you are focused on political differentiation that you could not support that? You could not support that because all you, Senator Faruqi, and your colleagues want to do is to politically differentiate on this conflict, which is horrific. It is clear you don't actually want to make progress on the two-state solution. (Time expired)
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