In our local suburb of Brisbane, there is a weapons factory making F-35 parts to be used against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. There are engineering has the exclusive contract for these particular adaptor parts. For two years now, people have been protesting outside the factory in Tingalpa. Our elected representatives and ambassador to the United States Kevin Rudd fully support this enterprise of making weapons that assist Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians.
In the first image below, he is endorsing Ferra Engineering and providing it with government subsidies, but at the same time, he visits the Milton markets and ostensibly supporting a survivor of the 1948 Nakba, Khalil Hamdan raises money for his family in Palestine by selling honey that he made himself and nuts and dried fruits.
If only we knew how hard our elected representatives would make it to be Palestinian!
Kevin Rudd with Khalil at Milton markets
Ian Curr
8 November 2025