Peter Dutton has slammed Anthony Albanese for failing to condemn the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue an arrest warrant for the Israeli Prime Minister and creating a “false equivalency” with the terrorist organisation Hamas. The ICC’s move has sparked international condemnation after prosecutor Karim Khan revealed he was seekingContinue Reading
Australian diplomats in Israel have been briefed by the country’s military personnel regarding the death of an Australian aid worker. Australian chef Lalzawmi ‘Zomi’ Frankcom was among seven aid workers killed when three vehicles, marked with the branding of international food relief organisation, World Central Kitchen, were struck by IsraeliContinue Reading
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has led floral tributes for the Australian aid worker killed in an airstrike on Gaza. Seven people delivering aid supplies were killed by Israeli-led air strikes in central Gaza, including 43-year-old Melbourne aid worker Zomi Frankcom. Senator Wong joined representatives from Australian NGOs to lay flowersContinue Reading
Penny Wong has made one of her strongest statements yet on the ongoing war in Gaza, declaring a planned Israeli ground offensive in Rafah would be “unjustifiable” and urged the Jewish state to “not go down this path”. “The world is watching,” the Foreign Minister warned Israel in a statementContinue Reading
Penny Wong has used an emotional meeting with the family members of people taken hostage by Hamas to express solidarity with victims and to affirm Australia’s support for the release of all remaining captives in Gaza. The foreign minister arrived in Jerusalem on Tuesday, where she held diplomatic talks withContinue Reading
Australia has joined New Zealand and Canada to call for urgent international “efforts towards a sustainable ceasefire” in the Israeli-Hamas war. In a joint statement issued on Wednesday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joined allies to express their deep concerns about the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian conditions in Gaza. The leaders condemnedContinue Reading
Immigration Minister Andrew Giles has refused to comment on reports a fifth former immigration detainee, released into the community after last month’s landmark High Court decision, had been arrested. A former Sudanese child soldier was arrested in Queensland on Thursday after it was realised there was a warrant to returnContinue Reading
Pro-Palestine protests in Melbourne on Friday night were a display of “anti-Semitic, thuggish behaviour” and an attempt to assert primacy over Jewish Australians, the Coalition has claimed. The opposition’s defence spokesman Andrew Hastie made the claims on Sunday morning, as Defence Minister Richard Marles called for “careful language”. Hundreds ofContinue Reading
Anthony Albanese has called for international law to be upheld and civilians to be protected in the wake of a devastating hospital blast in Gaza. According to reports, anywhere between 500 and 1000 people, including hundreds of children, have been killed after an explosion at Gaza City Hospital. Both HamasContinue Reading
Every explosion adds to the rubble hiding your enemies. Every fire masks their infra-red signatures. Debris-filled streets stop your tanks. And everywhere, smoke and dust add to the fog of war. This is the harsh reality of urban warfare. Street by street. Block by block. House by house. Israel hasContinue Reading