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| The Australian parliament has passed a condolence motion paying tribute to the British MP Jo Cox, who was shot and stabbed earlier this year. | The Australian parliament has passed a condolence motion paying tribute to the British MP Jo Cox, who was shot and stabbed earlier this year. |
| On Monday the House of Representatives heard a motion paying tribute to Cox’s contribution to public life, expressing deepest sympathies to her family and colleagues. MPs used the occasion to call for a kinder politics. | On Monday the House of Representatives heard a motion paying tribute to Cox’s contribution to public life, expressing deepest sympathies to her family and colleagues. MPs used the occasion to call for a kinder politics. |
| Labor’s shadow assistant schools minister, Andrew Giles, moved the private member’s motion in the federation chamber on Monday. He praised Cox for her work as an activist for equality, women’s rights and social inclusion, and against poverty. | Labor’s shadow assistant schools minister, Andrew Giles, moved the private member’s motion in the federation chamber on Monday. He praised Cox for her work as an activist for equality, women’s rights and social inclusion, and against poverty. |
| It was seconded by the shadow assistant minister for family violence and equality, Terri Butler. Labor MP Joanne Ryan and government MPs Sarah Henderson and David Littleproud also spoke in support. | It was seconded by the shadow assistant minister for family violence and equality, Terri Butler. Labor MP Joanne Ryan and government MPs Sarah Henderson and David Littleproud also spoke in support. |
| “Jo spoke out, bravely, for her vision against those voices seeking to divide,” Giles said. “In particular, against the growing recourse of populists to mobilising insecurity by promoting hatred.” | “Jo spoke out, bravely, for her vision against those voices seeking to divide,” Giles said. “In particular, against the growing recourse of populists to mobilising insecurity by promoting hatred.” |
| Giles noted Cox’s first speech, in which she said: “We are far more united and have far more in common than that which divides us.” | Giles noted Cox’s first speech, in which she said: “We are far more united and have far more in common than that which divides us.” |
| He said that, in Australia and the UK, “we must continue to choose hope over fear”. | He said that, in Australia and the UK, “we must continue to choose hope over fear”. |
| “It is necessary but not sufficient, in my view, that we call out and stand up to the voices of division wherever we hear them. But we must also strive throughout our work for a kinder politics.” | “It is necessary but not sufficient, in my view, that we call out and stand up to the voices of division wherever we hear them. But we must also strive throughout our work for a kinder politics.” |
| Last week the government and opposition moved a parliamentary motion denouncing “racial intolerance in any form”, interpreted as a rejection of anti-immigrant rhetoric by the One Nation party. | Last week the government and opposition moved a parliamentary motion denouncing “racial intolerance in any form”, interpreted as a rejection of anti-immigrant rhetoric by the One Nation party. |
| In the Cox condolence motion debate, Butler said Cox must have been driven by a sense of responsibility, judging from her work at Oxfam and as an MP in relation to the war in Syria and the imperative for diversity. | In the Cox condolence motion debate, Butler said Cox must have been driven by a sense of responsibility, judging from her work at Oxfam and as an MP in relation to the war in Syria and the imperative for diversity. |
| Henderson said that Cox was “an incredibly brave woman who stood up for her beliefs, her ideals, in the face of extraordinary opposition”. | Henderson said that Cox was “an incredibly brave woman who stood up for her beliefs, her ideals, in the face of extraordinary opposition”. |
| “She teaches all of us that, despite the challenges we face as members of parliament and despite ... some of the dangers we feel from time to time, and I know I feel, that it’s absolutely incumbent on each of us to stand up for our ideals.” | “She teaches all of us that, despite the challenges we face as members of parliament and despite ... some of the dangers we feel from time to time, and I know I feel, that it’s absolutely incumbent on each of us to stand up for our ideals.” |
| Thomas Mair, 53, an unemployed gardener from West Yorkshire, is accused of murdering Cox and is due to stand trial in November. | Thomas Mair, 53, an unemployed gardener from West Yorkshire, is accused of murdering Cox and is due to stand trial in November. |