Australian manufactured or produced goods only in foreign aid !

Australian money may not be needed. The UAE is talking about funding the whole reconstruction, provided some way can be found to keep Hamas's grubby fingers off the funds.

Australia may be an island but it considers itself
part of the international community. Others have come
to Australia's aid in times of its crisis - whether
it was during bush-fires, drought, or floods.

Australia has always also helped others out.

Regarding Gaza?

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade says " It is
committed in humanitarian assistance to support civilians
impacted by the conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon, and to
respond to the refugee crisis in the region".

"Much work will be required to address the immediate
humanitarian situation and significant challenges remain.
These include damage to infrastructure like roads, (hospitals,
aid). the presence of unexploded ordiance and the mass
movement of internally displaced people".

"The focus is on the needs of women and children".

We're told that "Australia will continue to act in
partnership with the international community to help meet
urgent humanitarian needs in Gaza".

How can it not - when it takes aid from others as the need
arises?

"The focus is on the needs of women and children".
Foxy,
Yes, we can send clothing, bedding, food, prefab homes, generators etc etc. Money won't help them because there isn't anywhere to buy from ! The sooner we change from sending money to sending goods the sooner the suffering will ease-on both sides !

Indyvidual,

Good on you for your suggestions.

I'm sure that whatever we send or do, will help those
poor people in Gaza.

They desperately need support. I don't think any of us
can really understand their situation. They need medical
support.

Their homes, schools, and hospitals have been
reduced to rubble.

There's not enough food, or clean water, and their health
system has all but collapsed.

Reading the human rights reports coming from that area we're
told that
almost every single person in Gaza including Red Cross
and other humanitarian workers and volunteers have fled
their homes. But there's no where safe left to go.

People desperately need help. The humanitarian workers
work tiressly day and night trying to answer emergency
calls and dispatching ambulances and paramedics.

The situation is truly dire.

We can't turn our backs on them.

The three recent hostages released by the terrorists have said they were held in a UNWRA (The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees) facility.

Yeah so let's send more money to them because they are obviously completely unbiased.

Sure they took part in the 7 October 2023 murders.
Sure they ran hospitals that were used by Hamas as safe havens for their fighters.
Sure they helped keep the hostages in captivity.

But other than that.....

Gaza has to be rebuilt. But it can't be rebuilt while-ever Hamas and the UNWRA are in place. No money should go there until that precondition is achieved.