Wednesday, 11 September 2024

Motions

Middle East conflict

Sarah MANSFIELD (Western Victoria) (09:38): I move, by leave:

That this house:

(1) notes that since the Legislative Council’s resolution on 17 October 2023 concerning Israel and Gaza, which stated that this house ‘stands with Israel’, the following have occurred:

(a) over 19,000 children have been orphaned;

(b) the mental health of Gaza’s children has been reported as catastrophic;

(c) 1.2 million children living in Gaza – that is all of Gaza’s children – are in need of psychological and mental health support according to UNICEF;

(d) the mental health impacts on children have been compounded due to the inability to leave and the lack of any safe zones, with no respite from trauma;

(e) healthcare and aid workers have experienced deteriorating mental health resulting from lack of personal and family safety, witnessing constant trauma and moral injury due to the lack of resources to provide the care required;

(f) most mental health infrastructure has been completely destroyed, with remaining buildings damaged;

(2) does not support the state of Israel’s continued invasion of Gaza;

(3) supports calls for an immediate and permanent ceasefire; and

(4) calls on Labor to take action, including severing military trade relationships with the state of Israel.

Leave refused.