Good afternoon. The foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, has been heckled by pro-Palestine advocates as she gave a speech warning that "disregard for international humanitarian law is increasing".

During an address at the University of Tasmania on Tuesday night, a person in the audience could be heard shouting: "What we need right now is leaders that have the backbone - that are willing to do something that isn't just talk." Another person interjected: "You've had chances at a national and international level to change what is happening in Lebanon, in Palestine ... there's blood on your hands."

Wong used the speech to say the suffering across the Middle East "must end" and reaffirmed "our call for a diplomatic solution, de-escalation and [a] ceasefire in Lebanon". In a post on X on Wednesday, Wong stepped up her language, saying Australia "condemns the killing of innocent civilians by Israel in recent operations in Gaza" and insisting that the humanitarian situation in northern Gaza was "unacceptable".

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