Penny Wong: “We are in a permanent state of contest in our region, that is the reality.”

Those allegations are terrible, they are horrific, the treatment is unacceptable.

Sen. Hanson’s hateful and shallow pageantry tears at our social fabric and I believe it makes Australia weaker, and it also has cruel consequences for many of our most vulnerable, including in our school yards.

My view is that you should believe, and I believe, women who come forward with these assertions.

Minister Wong has condemned the actions of Israeli authorities and the behaviour of Israeli minister Ben-Gvir who we have already sanctioned.