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Chris Bowen was also asked on 7.30 for his reaction to the decision by the UK prime minister to recall his cabinet from their summer break for an emergency meeting on the Gaza crisis.
Asked if Australia, as a middle power, would join a joint effort to ensure more aid gets into Gaza, Bowen said:
I think the best thing I can do, Sarah, is very warmly and strongly and positively point you to the prime minister’s comments.
One, his abhorrence at what has been happening in Gaza in recent times, his condemnation of that action and his statements about Australia’s role in the pathway going forward. A sensible pathway for Australia to work towards the recognition of Palestine at the right time but also his abhorrence at the breaches of international law.
We have a very rigorous process [and] world’s best practice for setting a climate target.
We agree a good, strong target is good economic policy and it also has to be achievable, a target we can set out and achieve. Anybody can set a high target with no plan to get there. That’s not the approach our government has taken and not the approach we’ll take in the future.
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Author : Martin Farrer
Publish date : 2025-07-29 21:03:00
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