Senate debates
Monday, 23 March 2026
Questions without Notice
Middle East
2:39 pm
Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source
There are a number of aspects of that question. I think where I would like to start is where I started with my primary, which is that there is understandable distress in our country by what has occurred in Gaza—the violence, death and displacement in the Middle East. I again say we are a country, a pluralist nation, which has welcomed different races, different religions and views. We should be united by respect for each other's humanity and for each other's right to live in peace.
You expect respect, but you don't show me any. You demand it. I'm trying to answer the question, alright?
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