The Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee has today tabled its report into the human rights implications of recent violence in Iran, making 12 recommendations for action by the Australian Government.

The Coalition continues to call for tangible action by the Government in response to violence and human rights abuses in Iran.

A series of unanswered questions about Australia’s lack of action in response to violence against women and girls in Iran today in Senate Estimates will increase frustration in the community that Australia is lagging behind our allies in responding to the crisis.

Many Australians over the last six weeks will have learnt the name Mahsa Amini. Mahsa was just 22 years old when she died earlier in September following a violent arrest by Iran’s ‘morality police’.

I welcome the support from global world leaders past and present for Iran to be removed from the UN Commission on the Status of Women.

Australia’s Iranian community is growing frustrated at the lack of action by the Australian Government as women and girls continue to be killed by Iranian authorities.

The Federal Government’s silence over Iran’s untenable place on the UN Commission on the Status of Women must end today.

Shadow Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Claire Chandler, has called for the removal of Iran from the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.

The Albanese Labor Government needs to provide immediate assurances to Tasmanian wine producers that the ‘Wine Tourism and Cellar Door Grants Program’ will continue to provide much needed support to the industry.