Senate debates
Tuesday, 5 December 2023
Questions without Notice
Middle East, Australia: Defence Industry
2:24 pm
Penny 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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