The Greens leader, Adam Bandt, moved to suspend standing orders in parliament to debate his motion for the House of Representatives recognise the state of Palestine, calling it a 'critical step towards peace and towards ending the slaughter that we are seeing with the invasion of Gaza right now'. Before the house voted the motion down, the Labor MP Tim Watts asked why Bandt was 'deliberately setting up a vote on Palestinian recognition to fail'

Source: The Guardian May 29, 2024 02:17 UTC