Senate debates
Tuesday, 20 January 2026
Questions without Notice
Antisemitism
2:07 pm
Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source
I have done so twice. I have twice responded to that directly. This is a moment where we as a country have a choice about uniting in our response to antisemitism; uniting in our response to hatred; uniting the country against prejudice, hatred and antisemitism; and uniting the country around this legislation, which is intended to contribute to keeping people safer. I think it is a matter of some regret that a moment that could have been a moment of national unity has not been so, because some in this place—
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