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

Muslim and Arab Australians do not feel heard by Labor on war in Gaza, Ed Husic says

Ed Husic in 2023
Ed Husic in 2023. The minister for science and industry says many Palestinians, Muslims and Arab Australians feel their views on Israel’s operations in Gaza are not being heard by the Australian government. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

Ed Husic has conceded many Muslim and Arab Australians do not feel the Albanese government has listened to their concerns about the war in Gaza, while saying he is speaking out despite his role as a cabinet minister to amplify their views.

Husic told Guardian Australia he had felt driven to make several public interventions against the scale of Israel’s military operations in Gaza, in part so that people believed “that their concerns have somewhere to go to be vented and aired”.

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