Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The member for Wannon uses a couple of incidents in his question. One is to quite rightly speak about October 7, and there's no question that certainly anyone of any decency opposes the atrocity that Hamas committed on October 7. But he also speaks about the terrorist controlled Gaza strip. Hamas did not take control of Gaza on October 7. They took control almost two decades ago and in that time have refused to have any elections or any democratic process or to engage with the people of Gaza, and of course they certainly don't represent the people of the West Bank either.

The member knows that we take the same advice from the same security agencies.

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