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With a resolution up before the general assembly this week, Australia’s government may soon have to decide where it officially stands on Palestinian statehood
Anthony Albanese was tight-lipped on Monday when asked how Australia might vote in the looming debate on giving Palestine full member status of the United Nations.
It’s not surprising that he would be treading carefully here: the last time an Australian government considered the status that should be afforded to Palestine in the UN system, it triggered an almighty cabinet and backbench revolt.
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