'Utterly offensive': Australian taxpayer dollars should not have been sent to UNRWA

Shadow Affairs Minister James Paterson discusses the nine United Nations Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA) staff that were sacked because they were allegedly involved in the October 7 terror attacks.

"The prime minister has nowhere to hide," Mr Paterson told Sky News host Peta Credlin.

"He was warned that his decision to increase funding of UNWRA while it was under investigation for its employees being complicit in the worst atrocity against the Jewish people since the Holocaust."

"It will be utterly offensive to most Australians the idea their hard-earned money is being sent to an organisation that employs terrorists in Gaza."

[MichelSabbah-mjjk]

Australia needs more senators like Mr Paterson .

[pphil]

Sack ALBO now - He is the typical Labor swamp dweller - Clean out the swamp

[daniellemoebus]

We need to be out of the UN and ALL associated groups.
The money we would save would build houses, hospitals, roads etc for ALL Australians.

[itsonlyaflshwound]

Penny Wong should be immediately fired with no pension.

[TraceyBaxter]

This Australian Government must stop wasting Australian taxpayers money. Bloody ridiculous 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[fonteekome]

Albanese playing two sides of the coin while taxpayers suffer.

[Pokersmith]

We don't want them just like their neighbours.

[codysawyer]

Our legal system is broken, men like Albo should be jailed for crimes against our nation.

[handles]

Thanks James Paterson for calling the scumbags out on their corruption! Sack Labor!

[robot]

Labor is out of control, labor is done

[samikatz]

I said this about mu$lums years ago, now our threat level has been raised to “Probable”. 🙄

[evelynmcmenamin]

Report him to ASIO AUSTRALIANS HAVE HAD ENOUGH WE ARE ABSOLUTELY FED UP

[donendusted]

This government should be sued by all the hard working tax payers of Australia.

[Aileen-nu]

Omg
Please please Australia
Vote labour out .
This has to stop .
Also so say no to a big Australia.. labour has single handed stuff our country up. Stop our tax money going out the door the this...😢😢😢😢

[pattayaguideorg]

Call the Governor General to sack him!

[basilsmith]

The option here is to stop funding permanently. And sack all staff in the government that passed the funding including penny wong and albo

[GEMelleeMaynopenottoday]

How dare Mr Albanese give UNRWA millions of Australia's dollars, when that money could put homeless people in some form of warm, safe accommodation and shelter like hotels, cabins and AIRBNB'S for a while. ANAL should be just focussing on and taking care of Australia and Australians first. It is just heinous and a betrayal that he has done this with taxpayer money. He would have to know Australians would say NO, NOT HAPPENING.

[themusesquad]

Everyone knows UNRWA is Hxmas except the west and Canada.

[markd]

Screw foreign aid.
Let's fix Australia first.
Stop all foreign aid and lower taxes!

[markd]

Isn't it a crime in Australia to fund terrorist organisations?
Albo needs to be jailed!