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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

Fiery debate as Labor accused of ‘trying to walk both sides of street’ on Israel-Gaza conflict

Anthony Albanese speaking during question time
Prime minister Anthony Albanese during question time. Labor restated that Israel ‘must respect international law’. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

The Australian government has demanded that Israel comply with orders issued by the International Court of Justice, but rebuffed the Greens’ calls to describe the war in Gaza as “a slaughter”.

In a fiery debate in parliament on Wednesday, the Greens said the government’s claim to be playing a constructive role was “a sick joke”, while the Coalition accused Labor of “trying to walk both sides of the street”.

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