Tuesday, 29 July 2025

 Aiv PUGLIELLI (North-Eastern Metropolitan) (15:12): I move, by leave:

That this house:

(1)   notes that:

(a) almost 60,000 Palestinian people have been killed and mass starvation is having catastrophic impacts on the people of Gaza;

(b) around 147 countries, including France recently, have now recognised Palestinian statehood;

(c) the Australian Prime Minister has refused to acknowledge the nation state of Palestine, despite it being in his own party platform;

(d) recognition alone will not stop the invasion or end the occupation of Palestine; however, it would demonstrate that the Australian government is willing to go beyond words and take genuine action;

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

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

(4)   calls on the Victorian government to advocate to the federal government to urgently acknowledge Palestinian statehood as an important step towards justice.

Leave refused.