Senate debates

Tuesday, 5 December 2023

Questions without Notice

Middle East, Australia: Defence Industry

2:24 pm

Photo of Penny WongPenny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Senator—through you, President—I have answered the question and I've said:

Australia has not supplied weapons to Israel since the conflict began and for at least the past five years.

Then I have gone to the export control framework which is in existence and government plans to strengthen that framework. That is entirely relevant to the question the senator is asking. I know there's a lot of disinformation and misinformation circulating on social media and elsewhere about this issue, and I would encourage the senator to make sure that he does not contribute to that.

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