Overnight, Australia joined 28 other nations in a joint statement condemning the Islamic Republic of Iran for lethal plotting, arson, sabotage and cyberattacks against our countries and our partners. At the heart of that statement is the incident at the British RAF base used by our American allies. We backed the United Kingdom's finding that this was the work of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to put the world on notice that the IRGC is still willing to project hostile activity beyond its borders and region, working through covert networks and proxies. This statement reflects a pattern the free world can no longer ignore. Jewish communities, Iranian journalists, dissidents, diasporas and allied interests are being targeted right across the world.

Australians do not need to be told about this pattern. Sadly, we have lived it. In 2024, the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne was firebombed. Lewis' Continental Kitchen in Sydney was set alight. Our security agencies have found that both attacks were directed by the Islamic Iranian regime. They were attacks on Jewish Australians, on their sense of safety in their own community and country and on the social cohesion that holds this nation together. I have said in the Senate before and I will say again that the regime in Tehran has exported violence and hatred for decades. It funds armed proxies across the Middle East. It brutalises its own people and citizens. And it has brought that violence to our shores.

Australia responded in a way no other Australian government has since the World War II. We have expelled Iran's ambassador. We have listed the IRGC as a state sponsor of terrorism. In February this year, this Senate unanimously condemned the IRGC's violent repression of peaceful protesters in Iran, and I was very proud to co-sponsor that motion.

But listing and expulsions are not the end of the job. The plot in the UK shows that the IRGC is adaptable, patient and willing to strike at the heart of allied nations. We must keep working with our partners, share intelligence close offshore criminal networks the regime relies on and protect the communities that it seeks to intimidate. To all Jewish Australians, to Iranian Australians who have fled this brutal regime and to everyone who has been threatened by it, I simply say that this Senate and I stand with you. We will not be intimidated, and I will continue to work with you. We will not look the other way.

Standing up to the threats like these takes serious seriousness and consistency, which brings me, sadly, to one of the political parties in this place: the Greens. The Greens have had, let's say, a very eventful couple of weeks. On 30 September they held their first ever contested leadership ballot and discovered something even less sustainable than single-use plastic: agreement among themselves. Then came the videos with the new leader and deputy, each in a kitchen with a hand with a cup in hand, inviting Australians to join their bold new vision. But whatever was brewing in those mugs was made from the same old leaves: a party that is preaching one thing but practising another. The Greens have had an opportunity to reset, but, sadly, instead, under new management it is the same old hypocrisy simply reheated. They tell Australians to buy local, but they import their politics from overseas. Their new leader, Senator Shoebridge, says that the Greens are here to replace Labor and won't back reforms. The tax cuts for every taxpayer, cheaper medicines, 20 per cent off student debt, free TAFE, higher bulk-billing rates and a guaranteed three days of childcare are not faux reforms. They are practical cost-of-living relief for Australian workers and their families.

When the Greens had the chance to help, what did they do? They joined the coalition and delayed the Housing Australia Future Fund. Then they helped to delay Help to Buy while demanding changes to negative gearing. They like to lecture us about negative gearing and short-stay rentals, yet what we have learnt recently is that their new leader and new deputy either own or rent out investment properties. There is nothing wrong with that. In fact, I say: 'Good on you for doing that. Thank you for embracing the free economy.' But the problem is that the sanctimonious lecture from people who profit from the very system that they condemn needs to be called out for what it is.

Sadly, the same contradiction runs through the Greens foreign policy. They call themselves a party of peace and claim to oppose Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine, yet they won't back any military help for Ukraine to defend itself. The timing couldn't be any more confronting. Earlier today, Russia again demonstrated the reality Ukrainians are facing, with the launching of six ballistic missiles straight into the heart of Kyiv. Senator Shoebridge says that he would only support such military assistance if the UN Security Council agreed. But let's remember that Russia sits on this Security Council and has veto rights. That's like asking the offender for permission to call the police when they've robbed your home. He also referred to 'the Ukraine', a Soviet era and pro-Russian label that I know many Ukrainians both here and abroad have rejected for generations. Saying no to weapons isn't peace. Ukraine's ambassador to Australia summed it up perfectly by saying:

We hope the Greens will choose to support us in our justified self-defence.

Ambassador, I simply say: 'So do I, and I know many people in this place agree with you.'

The Greens can't even agree amongst themselves. In the past 24 hours, Senator Hanson-Young has also publicly backed military assistance for Ukraine where it's needed to defend itself against Russia, putting her at odds with the new leader. This is a significant divide, and it's not only on foreign policy where the Greens priorities raise questions. At the last election they promised to abolish the Australian Border Force, end Operation Sovereign Borders and cap immigration detention. Their new leader even wants the United States, our friend and our closest ally since the Second World War, evicted from Defence sites. They simply are un-Australian and not interested in protecting our borders.

Sadly, the list goes on. They claim to stand with Australians at the checkout, yet their own think tank, run by a former federal Greens MP, wants to have taxpayers spend $25 billion on a government supermarket chain, which would include forcing Coles and Woolworths to hand over more than 200 stores. Think about who would own those stores. It would not be the billionaires that they claim, but the nurses, the tradies, the retirees—the very people who put their money into superannuation funds that invest in these companies through shares. The Greens would take a slice of those savings, then ask the taxpayer to bankroll a grocery business run from Canberra. If it were to fail, it would not be the Greens who would pay. It would be you, the taxpayer. It will fail twice: once in your super and once again in your taxes. As independent grocers have warned, this idea risks shortages, rationing and empty shelves. This is the voodoo economics that they like to talk about. Australians want cheaper groceries, not a Soviet-style supermarket with a loyalty card.

They profess to champion an inclusive, socially cohesive Australia, yet, when asked if the party would mend bridges with the Jewish community, the new leader dismissed the prospect, saying that the Greens would work alongside Australians fighting a genocide. Last week marked three years since the October 7 terror attacks, the deadliest day for Jewish people since the Holocaust, and I simply could not find a public statement or support from the Greens leadership.

They also claim to fight for workers, against the one per cent, while demanding no new coal and gas projects. The bill for that lands on blue-collar workers in the Latrobe Valley, the Hunter and the Pilbara—the very people keeping the power on, particularly the power for those electric cars. They demanded safeguards on use of data centres. Now the government is legislating them, and the Greens still want a moratorium. I urge every Australian to look closely at what they are offering under this new management, because nothing else that they promote is sustainable. (Time expired)