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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Dan Jervis-Bardy and Sarah Basford Canales

Labor MPs quietly alarmed by Albanese government’s response to US-Israel strikes on Iran

Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong, Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, Minister for Climate Change Chris Bowen and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
Penny Wong, Richard Marles, Anthony Albanese and Chris Bowen. Senior ministers endorsed the strikes on Iran last week while maintaining it was up to the US and Israel to explain whether the attacks were legal. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Labor MPs were privately alarmed about the Albanese government’s immediate response to the US and Israel’s bombing of Iran, including a statement that offered unreserved support for the legally questionable attack that sparked the war.

Guardian Australia can reveal the concerns were aired during a meeting of Labor’s left faction after the first strikes on Iran in February, which triggered the conflict that has since spread across the region.

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