Australians who choose to not leave Lebanon are 'reckless and irresponsible'

Published 2024-07-29
Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Birmingham says it is “reckless and irresponsible” for any Australians to not leave Lebanon after being urged by the Australian government.

The federal government has advised Australians in Lebanon to leave immediately as tensions escalate between Israel and Hezbollah.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu weighs up a response to a rocket strike from Lebanon over the weekend that killed 12 children.

All Comments (21)
  • @rotemyagel4683
    We gave time for everyone to leave. Before we start. Remember that
  • @DOWNUNDER.
    I would like to know how much Australia pays in sickness benefits to Lebanese in Lebanon 😊
  • @Lucifer-m4h
    Lol.. Some would argue that shopping at Westfield Bondi is more dangerous.. Simon should put as much effort into releasing the LNPs imaginary Nuclear policy....🤷
  • @MuzzaBangkok
    Who are the biggest organised crime groups in Australia ???
  • @balung
    They are getting there Aussie pensions, they are living like royalty, they won't be back until it really hits the fan, then they'll bring more of their family back with them, to the Land Down Under.
  • @KIA-MIA-POW
    There were many voices raised against accepting immigrants from Lebanon going back to the late 1950s. The principal reason given was lack of assimilation and inability to carry out police and character checks.....
  • @DOWNUNDER.
    I fully support their choice to stay in Lebanon, I would also encourage the ones in Australia to return to Lebanon and be part of the glorious Arab spring
  • @chaccmi1358
    Lots of nasty comments. For the Aussies who seems not to get out much, Lebanon is the last Christan nation in the middle east, a top tourist destination with great night life and top local alcohl etc.. This is why Nassrala was created to keep using pretext to ruin this nation. And all theatrics always happen in either June or July ie in mid of tourist season. Let that sink in, and educate yoursel vea a bit more like for real.its 2024. what happened to Lebanon will happen to all Western Christiian nations, if i was you id stop hating and learn.
  • @tonyMosh
    Yeah cause its a popular tourist destination 😂
  • @JackSht-lv2on
    They are staying for the country and will fight to their death defending it. These people aren’t Palestinians.
  • 🤣🤣🤣 I better cancel my bucket list holiday to f@cken Lebanon then 🤣damn it, was going to do the whole tour, Beirut, Tripoli, thanks for the heads up Simo mate, I wouldn't have known, could have been killed mate 🤣
  • @5050toms
    They want to sleep there ( rip). Don’t compel them 😂
  • @basem23
    Long live the resistance!
  • @fanmael1
    Simon Birmingham, youre not in Government so keep your quasi pseudo comments to yourself!