Australia news live: recognising Palestinian statehood a ‘political fig leaf’ without sanctions on Israel, head of Palestine Advocacy Network says

Nasser Mashni responds after Anthony Albanese said Australia will recognise Palestine at the UN general assembly in September. Follow today's news live

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Labor MP Ed Husic has welcomed reports the government is poised to imminently announce its plans to recognise a Palestinian state.

In a story on Instagram, Husic shared a post from the Financial Review which said Australia could announce its recognition plans within days. He wrote in a caption alongside the post:

Good. We absolutely should. The sooner the better.

It's no secret that we've said previously that we'll work with the states and territories on this matter. ... You'd be aware that there was a high court decision which really raised this issue front and centre and ever since then, we've been working with the states and territories.

But it's probably premature to say exactly what will occur.