There are 30,000 people confirmed dead and 8000 buried under the rubble in Gaza. Without an immediate ceasefire the death toll is going to get much worse.

According to epidemiological evidence a ceasefire today would save the lives of more than 74,000 people, who will die from otherwise preventable deaths in the next six months.

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The Anthony Albanese government is caught in a hideous contradiction of its own making.

It has to respond to the growing public horror at the civilian carnage. A YouGov poll shows a big majority in favour of a ceasefire in Gaza (81%) and a majority (53%) support it taking more action to achieve that goal.

But Labor’s real policy has been to aid and abet the genocide through continued military, diplomatic and political support for Israel.

Labor has not cancelled arms export permits to Israel. Nor has it restored its promised extra funding to UNRWA, even as mass famine spreads, and despite Israel still not producing any evidence that its staff stormed the Gaza fence on October 7.

While the suspension of funding to URWA by 12 countries’ did not immediately halt its work, it is perhaps the most serious........

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