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

That is the sum total of the Greens' capacity to change politics: to hold up a poster in question time—not to work with other parties; not to go to the international community and engage with members of the G7 and the countries of the Middle East, as we do, to try to progress the calls for peace; not to work with others to support a ceasefire in Gaza; not to work with others, including the United Kingdom and others in the Middle East, to support a de-escalation in Lebanon to save lives. You think the endpoint of politics is to hold up a sign after you've told the photographers to come. Really? That is the most progressive politics, is it? You hold a sign after you've told the photographers to come.