A team of Australian lawyers has written to the international criminal court asking it to investigate the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for allegedly being complicit to genocide in Gaza. Sydney-based law firm Birchgrove legal alleges that Mr Albanese, some members of his cabinet and the opposition leader have 'encouraged and supported war crimes' allegedly committed by Israel through political and military assistance.
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00:00 The allegations in this communication are that Prime Minister Albanese, among other
00:07 members of Australian Parliament who are mentioned in the communication, have assisted in either
00:13 of those two ways Israel to commit genocide in Gaza by providing rhetorical support in
00:20 their public statements, their press conferences, their speeches, have also provided material
00:26 assistance by means of arms export to Israel, perhaps most particularly exporting parts
00:33 of the F-35 fighter jets. They've also provided military intelligence to Israel through, for
00:41 example, the facility at Pine Gap in the Northern Territory, and also through the suspension
00:47 of funding to UNRWA.
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