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Albanese says the government will continue pushing for a two-state solution, as Israel pushes ahead with its military campaign in Gaza.
Sara asks whether there’s more the government can do to help stop the conflict. Albanese says Labor has advocated “directly to the Israeli government, but also through our vote in international forums” to get aid into Gaza, advocate for a ceasefire, and get the hostages released.
They’re sovereign states, and I welcome their sovereignty… And they’ll make their own decisions. Australia will make our decisions without without concern for anything other than our national interest and for doing the right thing.
Well, the economic roundtable wasn’t about just this year or this term, it was about future issues, enabling them to be raised in a way that wasn’t playing the old rule-in, rule-out game. What we are focused on, in the immediate sense, is the reforms that we took to the election.
Academics talk in academic words. What I do is live in the real world, and in the real world my government’s focused on delivering for people.
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Publish date : 2025-08-24 22:01:00
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