Greens Explain Absence From Vote on Oct. 7 Condolence Motion

Published on October 8, 2024

A day after the Greens were notably absent when the federal lower house voted on a condolence motion on Oct. 7, Greens leader Adam Bandt tried to explain his party’s position. “From our view, we couldn’t support a motion that talked about the events of Oct. 7 without also recognising that the extremist [Israeli] Netanyahu government has been found to be committing war crimes, and that there is an unfolding genocide,” said the federal MP for Melbourne. He said the Greens supported mourning the “cycle of violence” before and after the attacks, just not the Oct. 7 incident itself. Despite criticism from the Coalition, Australia’s lower house passed the condolence motion for the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, with 85 MPs voting in favour. The motion was backed by independent MPs, including the “teals.”...

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