Category Archives: Speeches

Meeting between Hon. Anthony Albanese MHR, Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Australian Labor Party and the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ), 13 June 2021.

Jillian Segal: Welcome to this absolutely special opportunity to hear from Anthony Albanese who is with us today on the screen. Anthony we are absolutely delighted that you have accepted the ECAJ invitation to meet with community leaders around the country. And although Peter and I actually met with you a couple of weeks ago,…

Speech by the Hon. James Merlino MLA, Acting Premier of Victoria, Israel Independence Day reception, Melbourne, 4 May 2021

I would like to begin by acknowledging the Traditional custodians of the land on which we gather and pay my respects to their Elders – past, present and emerging. I want to also take a moment to pay my respects to those lost in the tragic events at Lag Baomer last week. We stand with…

25th Anniversary of the Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, Senator Hon. Penny Wong, Parliament of Australia, 3 December 2020

Senator WONG: I express my regret that the Greens felt, in relation to a motion commemorating such an honourable and decent man, the need to make a political statement such as was just made. We all have views about the foreign policy issues to which the Senator adverted. I think there is support across the chamber…

25th Anniversary of the Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, Hon. Mark Dreyfus MHR, Parliament of Australia, 9 November 2020

Mr SHARMA (Wentworth) (11:19): I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) 4 November 2020 marks 25 years since Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated at an anti-violence rally in support of the Oslo peace process; (b) a condolence motion for Prime Minister Rabin was moved in this House on 23 November 1995…

25th Anniversary of the Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, Josh Burns MHR, Parliament of Australia, 9 November 2020

That this House: (1) notes that: (a) 4 November 2020 marks 25 years since Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated at an anti-violence rally in support of the Oslo peace process; (b) a condolence motion for Prime Minister Rabin was moved in this House on 23 November 1995 by the Prime Minister, Mr Keating,…

70th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations with Israel, Parliament of Australia, Mike Kelly MHR, 20 February 2019

This motion really should be about celebrating a wonderful history of bipartisanship in this country, and I acknowledge the efforts of the member for Kooyong in forging that bipartisanship aspect and relationship across the chambers in the years that he’s been in this House. But every now and again we do see some attempts to…

70th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations with Israel, Parliament of Australia, Milton Dick MHR, 20 February 2019

I rise to speak on the 70th anniversary of Australia’s formal diplomatic relationship with the State of Israel. I’m very honoured to be able to address the parliament in a very important discussion in this parliament, which is also a discussion which has been held with speakers from both sides of the parliament. I follow…

70th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations with Israel, Parliament of Australia, Hon. Michael Danby MHR, 20 February 2019

What a momentous 70 years it’s been, particularly with the Australia- Israel relationship. As the Leader of the Opposition noted yesterday, it was the first foreign policy decision of Australia in the post World War II world where Australia struck out independently from Britain in foreign policy. Of course, the British abstained on the partition…

70th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations with Israel, Parliament of Australia, Mike Freelander MHR, 20 February 2019

I rise today, as my colleagues before me on both sides of the House have, to speak on this motion to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Israeli-Australian diplomatic relationship. I do so as a proud member of the Australian Jewish community and with the full gravity of the significance of being one of the…

70th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations with Israel, Parliament of Australia, Hon Richard Marles MHR, 20 February 2019

It is an honour for me to be able to stand up here and make my contribution in this formal recognition of the 70th anniversary of the diplomatic relationship established between Australia and the State of Israel. In 1853, Louis Monash and his wife, Bertha Manasse, made the very momentous decision to emigrate from Prussia…