David Shoebridge (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I want to note on behalf of my party, the Greens, that we're grateful to see the whole chamber coming together to support this consensus motion. We've all been so horrified by what we've seen happening in Sudan and el-Fasher, and I want to speak to the Sudanese community not just in the ACT but across the country. I met with representatives in Melbourne on the weekend. There is fear and anxiety in families being out of contact and not knowing what is happening. There's escalating violence. To be clear, this is not a conflict driven by the Sudanese people themselves. This is a proxy war driven by countries who seek to increase their wealth, increase their access to Sudanese resources, and the Sudanese people are paying the price of that. Our hearts and our minds and hopefully the actions of this government go out to the Sudanese people right now. We don't support the amendment because it simplifies a far more complex conflict. (Time expired)