• zero_gravitas@aussie.zone
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    9 months ago

    The fucking gall of Albo to imply the protest movement is just empty slogans when he hasn’t lifted a fucking finger, whereas members of the protest movement have put their bodies on the line to obstruct weapons exports.

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    9 months ago

    “What we need to do here is to have very clear statements and actions by the Australian government that make a difference …” Mr Albanese said.

    Oh, cool, so are you planning on taking any actions, then? Anything at all?

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    But the prime minister refused to answer a question about whether Australia would impose further sanctions on Israel as demanded by the Greens and other pro-Palestinian campaigners.

    “What we need to do here is to have very clear statements and actions by the Australian government that make a difference, rather than respond to a slogan on a protest,” Mr Albanese said.

    Australia previously imposed sanctions on Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, two far-right Israeli ministers in Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government, who have been accused of inciting violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.

    Yes, we do need “clear…actions by the Australian government”. Like sanctioning an apartheid state and all of its leaders, not just two ministers. Like banning the export of weapons (and yes: parts that go into weapons are obviously weapons).

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      (and yes: parts that go into weapons are obviously weapons).

      I was just importing the parts of methamphetamine officer

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      Like banning the export of weapons (and yes: parts that go into weapons are obviously weapons).

      Wouldn’t that impact the contract we have with Lockheed and relations with the US?

      Has anyone else stopped supplying parts as an f35 partner country?

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        I dunno, maybe it would. I don’t give a crap. If your contract requires you to aid in a genocide, it’s a shit contract and you should break it.