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

These visits are happening next week, and in this parliament the government will try to shut down the debate. On the streets they will try to shut down the debate. They will try to stop us from saying, as is our right, that Herzog is not welcome and should not visit next week. They will try to ensure that someone who signed a bomb that was dropped on civilians in Gaza is shielded from even seeing the millions of people in this country who reject his actions. This government and other Labor governments around the country are simultaneously trying to restrict protest rights and suppress dissent, including in this chamber. Australia is a signatory to the genocide convention. That means we have moral obligations—not suggestions, not guidelines but obligations—to prevent genocide wherever it occurs.