Richard Di Natale (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes with concern:

  (i) recent revelations about Senator Molan's personal views, particularly his support of racist material through social media,

  (ii) allegations that Senator Molan, as Chief of Operations for Coalition Forces in Iraq, oversaw the deprivation of food, water and humanitarian supplies to civilians during the second coalition assault on the city of Fallujah, and

  (iii) the failure of successive Australian Governments to initiate any inquiry into how and why the Howard Government decided to go to war in Iraq, and Australia's actions in that war;

(b) further notes that such an inquiry has long been supported by eminent Australians, including a former Prime Minister, a former Secretary of the Department of Defence, and a former Chief of the Australian Defence Force; and

(c) calls on all parties to support a long overdue inquiry into Australia's involvement in the Iraq war.