Tuesday, 12 August 2025

Motions

Middle East conflict

Katherine COPSEY (Southern Metropolitan) (13:46): I move, by leave:

That this house:

(1) condemns the use of starvation and the withholding of humanitarian aid as a weapon of war in Gaza in violation of international humanitarian law and resulting in harm to millions of civilians, the majority of whom are women and children;

(2) notes with grave concern findings from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization that less than 5 per cent of Gaza’s cropland remains cultivatable, with over 80 per cent of farmland damaged and nearly 78 per cent inaccessible;

(3) urges all parties to the conflict to respect international law and prioritise the protection of civilian lives;

(4) stands in solidarity with all victims of the conflict and with humanitarian workers risking their lives to deliver aid; and

(5) calls on the Australian government to use all available diplomatic channels to advocate for an immediate ceasefire, the lifting of the siege and the restoration of access to humanitarian assistance.

Leave refused.