Senate debates

Thursday, 8 February 2024

Questions without Notice

Middle East

2:26 pm

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

Because I didn't get a chance to do so in the first answer, can I first reiterate what the government has made clear and what I have made clear in this chamber on numerous occasions: Australia has not supplied weapons to Israel since the conflict began and for at least the past five years.

An honourable senator: That's not the question.

It was an answer to the first question. Notwithstanding the fact that you assert something else publicly, Senator Shoebridge, it is the answer that I have been advised by the department. In relation to the second, this is where there is a difference between the government and the Greens. We do not have a policy of boycotting all exports to Israel. I appreciate that is the position that you are seeking, but we do not have a policy of disengaging from Israel economically. I appreciate you have a different view—

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