Fatima Payman (WA, Australia's Voice) Share this | Hansard source

Pursuant to contingent notice standing in my name, I move:

That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent me tabling the document.

I don't know what the problem is with putting out two volumes of 17,000 names of children that Amnesty International have provided to me. They have collated the number of children. They're not anonymous casualties. They're not human shields. They are children. They were toddlers who were learning how to walk. These are children and teenagers, dreaming to work, to study, to make something, to contribute and to become doctors, artists and footballers. It was absolutely heartbreaking to read out the names of 17,000 children last week—which takes roughly 22 hours, if anyone wants to commit to it—and it's heartbreaking now to not be given the opportunity to table this document, which simply states the names, the ages and the genders of these 17,000 children.

We know that, so far, over 186,000 Palestinians have been killed, according to the Lancet journal. This is the least we can do to honour and remember the children who were mercilessly killed in this genocide. The only ask that we have of the government is to cut ties with genocide. It's very welcoming to see the Prime Minister call Israel's actions indefensible and, three hours ago, say that he called Netanyahu's denial of causing absolute starvation 'beyond comprehension'. That is the exact quote from the Prime Minister. It's very heartening for somebody who has been speaking out against this genocide from day dot to see that our government are finally strengthening their word. They're starting to move, albeit very slowly.

Nonetheless, we would love to see—it's desperate times—the government not only issue comments and condemnations about how Israel needs to stop this genocide; we also want a ceasefire. I acknowledge that the government committed $10 million in June. We need to see that translated on the ground. Children and people in Palestine are starving. They're on the brink of being eliminated, and what are we seeing? I can't even table these names.

I could literally just read some. You know what? I'll just read some, because we can't table this. I am hoping that the government is going to join me in suspending standing orders to allow me to table this document. Some of their names are: Adham Ahmed Mohammed Abd Rabbo, 12 years old; Nasr Ihab Nasr Al-Turk, 13 years old; Said Osama Sami Ismail, 10 years old; Dima Ibrahim Mohammed Muharib, 17 years old; Siwar Jihad Abdullah Abu Rikab, six years old; Abdullah Mohammed Mousa Asaliya, four years old; Mohammed Hassan Ziyad Abu Shamala, less than a year old; Ahmed Basel Ramadan Abed, three years old; Kamal Hammam Kamal Abu Asfa, two years old; Adam Mohammed Riyad Assaf, one year old; Dana Ahmed Rafiq Abu Zour, seven years old; Mohammed Mahmoud Yousef Al-Hassi, two years old; Amal Ali Zuhair Salem, three years old; Tuleen Alaa Adel Hajaila, 12 years old; and Yamen Osama Hassan Al-Qatshan, 16 years old.

These are children. I don't understand why I cannot table the names of these children mercilessly killed by Netanyahu. (Time expired)