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Dave Sharma
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Senator for New South Wales. Former ambassador and diplomat.
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    Dave Sharma
    @DaveSharma
    Jan 9, 2025
    This is completely unacceptable. Stephen Smith is employed (on very generous terms) to represent Australia overseas. How can he possibly do that effectively if he is ashamed of Australia, and unwilling to promote or celebrate our national day? If he is unwilling to put his
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    The Australian
    @australian
    Jan 9, 2025
    Australia’s high commissioner to Britain, Stephen Smith, has signalled to organisers that he will not attend an annual Australia Day gala dinner, a year after he cited sensitivities around celebrating the day: bit.ly/4gL0uVL
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    Dave Sharma
    @DaveSharma
    Nov 23, 2024
    The ICC decision regarding Israel lacks a sound basis in law and sadly shows the court has become politicised. Australia should reassess our involvement with the court.
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    Dave Sharma
    @DaveSharma
    Jun 17, 2025
    Leaders who have met with Trump ✅ United Kingdom 🇬🇧 ✅ France 🇫🇷 ✅ Germany 🇩🇪 ✅ Canada 🇨🇦 ✅ Italy 🇮🇹 ✅ Japan 🇯🇵 ✅ India 🇮🇳 ✅ Argentina 🇦🇷 ✅ Israel 🇮🇱 ✅ Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 ✅ Jordan 🇯🇴 ✅ Norway 🇳🇴 ✅ Ireland 🇮🇪 (* not exhaustive) ❌ Australia 🇦🇺
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    Dave Sharma
    @DaveSharma
    Sep 21, 2025
    Number of times leaders have met US President Trump since his election 🇬🇧 UK PM Keir Starmer — 3 🇨🇦 Canada PM Mark Carney — 2 🇯🇵 Japan PM Ishiba — 2 🇩🇪 German Chancellor Merz — 2 🇰🇷 Korea President Lee — 1 🇦🇺 Australia PM Albanese — 🍩🍩🍩 Colossal failure of Australia
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    Dave Sharma
    @DaveSharma
    Oct 29, 2025
    Inflation in Australia is surging under Labor. The price of everything is going up. 🔌 Electricity up 23.6% over the past year 🚰 Utilities up 14.5% 🏠 Rates up 6.3% ☕️ Coffee and tea up 14.6% 🥚 Eggs up 13.7%
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    Dave Sharma
    @DaveSharma
    Feb 25, 2025
    This was what Lenin had in mind when he coined the term “useful idiots”.
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    Masih Alinejad
    @AlinejadMasih
    Feb 24, 2025
    I am a woman from Iran, and I testify that you, @SenatorPayman, are lying. As a woman, I was sentenced to prison. I was sentenced to lashes, and I survived one kidnapping attempt and two assassination plots—simply for expressing myself. Many other Iranian women can testify that
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    Dave Sharma
    @DaveSharma
    Jan 29, 2025
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    Dave Sharma
    @DaveSharma
    Oct 17, 2024
    Guess where Yahya Sinwar was found? Rafah.
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    Senator Penny Wong
    @SenatorWong
    Feb 10, 2024
    Australia has consistently raised our concerns over the diminishing safe space for civilians in Gaza. We are deeply concerned by reports of an Israeli military operation in Rafah where civilians are sheltering. Civilians and civilian infrastructure must be protected.
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    Dave Sharma
    @DaveSharma
    Dec 7, 2024
    Oped today @australian 👇🏼 theaustralian.com.au/commentary/lab…
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    Dave Sharma
    @DaveSharma
    Apr 9, 2025
    There were a large number of untruths uttered by Albanese in the debate last night — demonstrating Labor knows it cannot run on its terrible record in government — but his claim about Coalition government funding to health and education was particularly egregious. Some facts 1/
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    Dave Sharma
    @DaveSharma
    Dec 24, 2024
    The Greens say out loud what has been obvious for some time: they run Labor’s foreign policy.
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    Dave Sharma
    @DaveSharma
    Feb 21, 2025
    How is it that the PLA Navy is off Australia’s east coast, with commercial aircraft being diverted due to live fire exercises, and yet we have heard nothing from the Labor government? They should level with the public about Australia’s response and the steps being taken to
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    The Sydney Morning Herald
    @smh
    Feb 21, 2025
    Planes warned of hazard in airspace over Chinese warship live fire exercise smh.com.au/politics/feder…
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    Dave Sharma
    @DaveSharma
    Jun 17, 2025
    This is an abject failure of Australian diplomacy. The UK has already negotiated and signed a trade agreement with the US. PM Albanese has not even managed to meet President Trump.
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    The Age
    @theage
    Jun 17, 2025
    Albanese’s meeting with Trump cancelled because of Iran-Israel war. theage.com.au/politics/feder…
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    Dave Sharma
    @DaveSharma
    Dec 6, 2024
    This is a shocking and clearly anti-semitic crime of a sort I hoped never to see in Australia. Firebombing a synagogue is a new low. This violence has no place in Australia. The police and authorities must deal with the perpetrators with full force of the law.
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    The Australian
    @australian
    Dec 5, 2024
    More than 60 firefighters have fought a blaze ignited after a suspected arson attack at a Melbourne synagogue early on Friday morning. Latest: bit.ly/3ZqOIZt
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