MOTIONS › International Relations: Australia and Israel
Senator CHISHOLM (Queensland—Assistant Minister for Regional Development, Assistant Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Assistant Minister for Resources and Deputy Manager of Government Business in the Senate) (12:52): The government does not support this suspension of standing orders. To be clear, the government doesn't support the content of this motion either. It's entirely appropriate for the Prime Minister to invite President Herzog following the Bondi attack targeting the Jewish community, which has devastated many families and the Jewish community across Australia. As Senator Cash pointed out, there are other opportunities for the Greens to advance these arguments in the Senate, including as a matter of public importance, as an urgency motion in the general business debate, in senators' statements or in the adjournment debate, rather than disrupting the important routine of business. I move: That the question be now put. The PRESIDENT: The question is that the closure motion as moved by Senator Chisholm be agreed to.