Ninety-day processing time urged for all refugees Long wait times for asylum-seekers to be considered refugees is inefficient and taxing, with a committee recommending it should be done in 90 days. AAP · Oct 10, 2024
Outgoing federal Labor MP backs Palestinian-Australian to replace her in Melbourne seat of Calwell Maria Vamvakinou announces she will quit politics at next federal poll and throws support behind former adviser Basem Abdo The Guardian - AU · Jun 9, 2024
Budget replies reveal Coalition ‘all over the shop’, PM says, labelling Dutton’s nuclear policy ‘shocking’ – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · May 18, 2024
Benjamin Netanyahu’s denial of Palestinian statehood undermines prospects for peace, Labor MP says Criticism from the assistant foreign minister, Tim Watts, comes as backbencher says Israeli prime minister ‘is not a partner for peace’ The Guardian - AU · Jan 22, 2024
Penny Wong warns there are ‘increasingly few safe places’ for civilians in Gaza as conflict spreads Australian foreign minister also endorses US defence secretary’s comments on Israel-Hamas war that ‘you can only win in urban warfare by protecting civilians’ The Guardian - AU · Dec 7, 2023
Labor backbenchers stand with Greens to call for ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Gaza Maria Vamvakinou and Fatima Payman joined by Coalition’s Mark Coulton to receive petitions signed by thousands of Australians The Guardian - AU · Nov 16, 2023
Albanese government accused of ‘deep division’ and ‘confusion’ over Israel-Hamas conflict stance Sussan Ley’s comments come after Labor MPs including Ed Husic and Anne Aly break ranks to condemn Israel’s blockade on Gaza The Guardian - AU · Oct 19, 2023