Australia’s Red Line Package: Human rights for sale

Podcast: New Politics: Australian Politics, News, Analysis & Commentary · New Politics

Opublikowano: 2026-10-17

Australia champions international law, but where does it draw the line when human rights collide with defence contracts and strategic alliances? Labor and the Coalition’s decision to block a Senate inquiry into the Red Lines Package raises serious questions about Australian weapons exports, investments and trade linked to genocide, war crimes and illegal occupation. With Israel’s war in Gaza bringing the global F-35 supply chain and trade with illegal settlements into focus, we examine whether the Albanese government will support enforceable safeguards – or leave Australia’s human rights commitments subject to commercial and diplomatic convenience. #AusPol Subscrib...