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

Senator, we didn't just sign on to the declaration; we drove it. We drove it. Australia drove a multilateral declaration because we wanted to make sure that we could respond to the fact that 2024 was the deadliest year for humanitarian workers the world has seen and because we were also committed to the memory of Zomi Frankcom, who was killed in an IDF strike. And I made clear to her family and to the Australian people that we would not only ensure that we had Mr Binskin, a former CDF, engage with the IDF and provide a report to us, which I announce, but also make sure we do what we can to ensure that this doesn't happen to another aid worker. We drove a multilateral declaration, and you may dismiss it, Senator, but 104 countries signed on the first day. That is diplomacy.