Yesterday in his ABC Insiders’ interview, Anthony Albanese reiterated Australia’s position that it continued to believe in a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine, but that it would be part of a process.

Which is shorthand for Australia won’t be following France and recognising a Palestinian state in the immediate future.

The ABC has spoken with Penny Wong, where she reiterates the same point – Wong changed Australia’s position ever so slightly a few months ago, where she said that recognising a Palestinian state needed to be PART of the peace process, rather than the end result, and she doesn’t shift from that in this latest interview:

[The prime minister] made the point — there are challenges associated with this,” she said.

We have to see Hamas demilitarised. We have to see the hostages released.

We need to see progress in terms of the Palestinian Authority and its moves to a more democratic and accountable governance, and it’s pleasing to see some of that happening.”