Thursday, 31 July 2025

 Anasina GRAY-BARBERIO (Northern Metropolitan) (09:49): I move, by leave:

That this house:

(1) notes that:

(a) the humanitarian disaster in Gaza is deepening in catastrophe, with children dying from starvation at alarming rates;

(b) according to latest data from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, one in every five children in Gaza City is malnourished;

(c) deaths from malnutrition are completely preventable;

(d) humanitarian partners are being restricted from bringing in humanitarian aid from neighbouring countries, with agencies such as UNRWA reported to have the equivalent of 6000 loaded trucks of food and medical supplies in Jordan and Egypt;

(2) acknowledges that over half of Gaza’s population are children and that the deliberate denial of food, water and medical aid constitutes a grave violation of international humanitarian law;

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

(4) supports calls for an immediate and permanent ceasefire.

Leave refused.