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

I again refer to my first answer: we don't want the conflict brought here. We do not want the conflict brought here, and I have repeatedly said that, and we have repeatedly acted in a manner that is consistent with that principle. There is no place in Australia for the sort of antisemitism we have seen. There's no place in Australia for the sort of violence we've seen, the graffiti we've seen and the attacks that we've seen, including on a place of worship. The point I have made over and over again—and it is consistent with the position I have expressed all my political life and, in fact, all my life—is that fundamental to who we are as Australians are values such as respect, acceptance and inclusion. We should all advocate for them, and those of us on this side have always done so and will always do so.