Kerry Nettle (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes:

(i)

that the International Atomic Energy Agency’s board of governors will meet on 6 March 2006 to consider the resumption of aspects of Iran’s nuclear program,

(ii)

the recent media reports that suggest the United States of America (US) and Israel are considering a military strike on Iran, and

(iii)

the recent report by the Oxford Research Group that found that as many as 10 000 people could die in such an attack; and

(b)

calls on the Government to:

(i)

support diplomatic initiatives to prevent Iran from pursuing nuclear weapons,

(ii)

encourage all parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to pursue its requirements for nuclear disarmament, and

(iii)

rule out Australian support for a military strike on Iran by the US or Israel.

Question put.