Late yesterday afternoon, after the blog was closed, Penny Wong gave an interview to Sky News where she discussed the statement she signed on Australia’s behalf calling for the immediate end of Israel’s war on Gaza. (As you can imagine the language in the statement was more passive).
The US didn’t sign the statement and the US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, is having conniptions over it. Wong said:

First, it’s good to remember that President Trump has been a very strong advocate for a ceasefire and hostage deal, and so are we. The second point I’d make is, I think, the statement, which was signed by a number of U.S. Allies, so the United Kingdom, Italy, Canada, Japan, as well as us. You know, I was one of 28, actually, Foreign Ministers representing our nations who signed up to the statement. You know, I think that statement reflects the real distress that Australians, so many Australians, feel about what they’re seeing in Gaza. You know, they are concerned, distressed, by the catastrophic humanitarian situation that we are seeing.

… I speak for Australia, and what I can say to you is that we are where so many in the international community are, which is, you know, we are clear in our condemnation of Hamas. We are clear in our condemnation of their ideology and their actions. We call for the release of hostages. We also say that civilians must be protected. We say aid must be delivered unimpeded. And these are all important to the Australian people.

Wong said she believed “President Trump has the greatest chance of any political leader of brokering a ceasefire”, using the Israel-Iran ceasefire as proof of his effectiveness.

…The U.S. President is the one who can most deliver the ceasefire that he and others, including Australia, have called for.

And on the Coalition’s criticism of Anthony Albanese not yet meeting with Trump, Wong said:

My criticism of the Coalition, which I have to say was not only accurate before the 2022 election, but also in the last term, and appears to be accurate this term, is that they don’t learn, and they always seek to create domestic politics in circumstances where you really need to be adult and mature and navigate a diplomatic relationship. That’s my criticism.