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

I move:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes:

(i)

that Thursday, 30 March 2006 is Palestinian Land Day, and

(ii)

the statement by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Mr Tony Blair, to the Australian Parliament on 27 March 2006 that ‘once the Israeli election has taken place, we must redouble our efforts to find a way to the only solution that works—a secure state of Israel and a viable, independent Palestinian state’; and

(b)

calls on the Government to:

(i)

support the formation of a ‘viable, independent Palestinian state’, and

(ii)

encourage Israel to reach a comprehensive peace agreement with Palestine based on United Nations Security Council Resolution 242.

Question negatived.

byleave—I wish to note that the Australian Greens were the only people to support that motion.

John Hogg (Queensland, Deputy-President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

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