Senate debates

Monday, 2 March 2026

Questions without Notice

Middle East

2:13 pm

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

We mourn the loss of civilian life wherever it may be. You heard in my opening question our view about this conflict and our view that we continue to call for international humanitarian law, which goes to the protection of civilians to be observed. I know that the Greens political party get very—there's a lot of selective outrage. You're outraged when we do say something or when we don't say something, or you say it's not worth the words and the words aren't worth it, then you get outraged that we haven't said certain words, but our position is a principled position, and our position is a consistent position. We do always back the observance of international humanitarian law, which I think goes to your question.

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