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Minister focuses on multicultural cohesion
Pressed on why he wouldn't call for a ceasefire, Andrew Giles says:
We have seen a considered and careful response by the Australian government through foreign minister Wong pushing towards the sort of outcomes that I think every Australian was to see.
In the last few weeks as minister for multicultural affairs I've spent an extraordinary amount of time engaging directly with Australians who have a close personal connection to this conflict.
Palestinian Australians, Jewish Australians and members of the wider Arab and Muslim communities and I'm, of course, deeply affected by every one of these conversations.
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