Sunday, December 16, 2018

Malaysia's complaint

Dear Editor, We fully agree with Malaysia’s complaint about Australia’s Jerusalem decision is ‘humiliating’ and ‘premature’! Yours sincerely, Edward Hwang President Unity Party WA info@unitywa.org Blogger:Bloger Dashboard Twitter.com/unitypartywa Ph/Fax: 61893681884 Protect environment-save trees-use Email. UPWA is the only political party that calls a spade a spade. Malaysia says Australia’s Jerusalem decision is ‘humiliating’ and ‘premature’ AAP News Corp Australia Network -Dec 17, 2018. Malaysia has come out strongly against the Australian government’s move to recognise West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, calling the decision “premature” and a “humiliation to the Palestinians”. But Prime Minister Scott Morrison says it’s a decision for Australia, and wants the nation’s new position to become an election issue if Labor won’t support it. Mr Morrison confirmed the foreign policy change on Saturday, which Labor has suggested it could reserve if it wins government in 2019. The prime minister says Opposition Leader Bill Shorten needs to make the case for such a reversal before Australians vote. Prime Minister Scott Morrison holds a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on Sunday. Prime Minister Scott Morrison holds a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on Sunday.Picture: AAP “He will have to outline to the Australian community why he would want to now reverse that position and step Australia back from what should be, I think, a very strong stand of support for Israel,” he told reporters in Canberra earlier this week. A decision on the capital came after the government flouted the idea of moving its Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in October, ahead of a crucial by-election in Wentworth. It drew criticism from political rivals as a cynical ploy to buy votes in the electorate, which has a large Jewish population. The step also drew rebukes from South East Asian trading partners, who feared Australia wading into the multi-generational political quagmire could fuel unrest. The government now says it won’t move its embassy until a two-state solution is reached, at which time it will also recognise East Jerusalem as Palestine’s capital. But Australia will establish a defence and trade office in Jerusalem and will start looking for an appropriate site for an embassy there. The Malaysian foreign ministry expressed its strong opposition to the changes in a statement on Sunday. “This announcement, made before the settlement of a two-state solution, is premature and a humiliation to the Palestinians and their struggle for the right to self-determination,” the ministry said. Australian Opposition leader Bill Shorten says the foreign policy shift has been a humiliating backdown. Australian Opposition leader Bill Shorten says the foreign policy shift has been a humiliating backdown.Picture: AAP Labor leader Bill Shorten has called the shift in foreign policy a “humiliating backdown” after the coalition’s announcement during the dying days of its Wentworth campaign. “We’ve seen a complex debate derailed by reckless and foolish behaviour,” he told reporters in Adelaide on Saturday. Labor believes Jerusalem should remain recognised as the capital of both Israel and Palestine until the final stages of negotiations on a two-state solution. Israel’s foreign ministry commended the move as a step in the right direction, while Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat said the announcement was born of Australian “petty domestic politics”. Mr Morrison has defended the new position, saying it was time to call out the “rancid stalemate” in progress towards a two-state solution. A delayed multibillion-dollar trade deal with Indonesia is expected to be on shaky ground as a result of the announcement. Indonesia’s foreign ministry spokesman, Arrmanatha Nasir, noted that Australia had not moved its embassy to Jerusalem and called on all members of the United Nations to recognise a Palestinian state “based on the principle of two-state solutions”. Originally published as Australia’s neighbours are furious

Saturday, December 15, 2018

New governor general - Hon. David Hurley

Dear Editor, Congratulations to Former defense force chief David Hurley will be Australia’s next governor general, Prime Minister Scott Morison has announced. What was the reason(s) for former governor general’s sacking? Yours sincerely, Edward Hwang President Unity Party WA info@unitywa.org Blogger :Bloger-Dashboard (Published) Twitter.com/unitypartywa ( “ ) Phone: 61893681884 UPWA is the only political party that call’s a spade, spade. Announcement 16 December 2018 The Governor-General, His Excellency General the Honorable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd) welcomes announcement of next Governor-General more » Former defence force chief David Hurley will be Australia’s next governor-general, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced. Currently the NSW Governor, Mr Hurley will assume the post after Sir Peter Cosgrove’s five-year commission ends. It was due to end in March but has been extended until after next year’s federal election. Mr Morrison told reporters after making the announcement in Canberra on Sunday that he was a “traditionalist” when making such appointments. “I’ve always been impressed by the roles of governor-generals who have been appointed from our former military ranks and that was always a priority for me in considering this appointment,” he said.