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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Daniel Hurst and Sarah Basford Canales

Division among Australian politicians easy to see and hear on 7 October anniversary

Former prime minister Tony Abbott speaks at a Christian grassroots movement Never Again is Now rally at Parliament House
The former prime minister Tony Abbott said 7 October was ‘the worst catastrophe to befall Jewish people since the Holocaust’ and ‘a day of infamy’. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The divisions within Australian politics over the Israel-Gaza war were on full display on Monday as senior leaders marked the first anniversary of the 7 October attacks.

The Labor government reaffirmed its unequivocal condemnation of the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 were taken hostage.

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