❓ Hon. Sophie McNeill questions the WA government's MOU with General Dynamics Mission Systems, citing concerns about the parent company's alleged involvement in supplying weapons used in Gaza. The government states it assesses all international partners.
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General Dynamics Mission Systems Inc
220. Hon Sophie McNeill to the minister
representing the Minister for Defence Industries:
I refer to the
memorandum of understanding signed with General Dynamics Mission Systems
Incorporated that was announced by Minister Paul Papalia on 14 April this year.
(1) Is the minister aware that General Dynamics
has been identified as supplying the Israeli Defence Force with artillery,
ammunition and bombs used in the genocide in Gaza, including the MK-84 bomb,
which has been described as one of the most destructive weapons used in the war,
and that United Nations human rights experts have singled out General Dynamics
as a company that has knowingly provided assistance for operations that contravene
international human rights and international humanitarian laws?
(2) Has the government
conducted any assessment regarding the ethics and conduct of General Dynamics Mission
Systems Inc?
220. Hon Sophie McNeill to the minister
representing the Minister for Defence Industries:
I refer to the
memorandum of understanding signed with General Dynamics Mission Systems
Incorporated that was announced by Minister Paul Papalia on 14 April this year.
(1) Is the minister aware that General Dynamics
has been identified as supplying the Israeli Defence Force with artillery,
ammunition and bombs used in the genocide in Gaza, including the MK-84 bomb,
which has been described as one of the most destructive weapons used in the war,
and that United Nations human rights experts have singled out General Dynamics
as a company that has knowingly provided assistance for operations that contravene
international human rights and international humanitarian laws?
(2) Has the government
conducted any assessment regarding the ethics and conduct of General Dynamics Mission
Systems Inc?
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I thank the member
for some notice of the question. I congratulate her on her first question to
the house. The Minister for Defence Industries has provided me with the
following answer.
(1)–(2) The Western Australian Government
conducts an assessment on all international partners with which it signs
memoranda of understanding. The Western Australian Government entered into an
MOU with General Dynamics Mission Systems, a communication and cyber business,
which is a subsidiary of General Dynamics.
for some notice of the question. I congratulate her on her first question to
the house. The Minister for Defence Industries has provided me with the
following answer.
(1)–(2) The Western Australian Government
conducts an assessment on all international partners with which it signs
memoranda of understanding. The Western Australian Government entered into an
MOU with General Dynamics Mission Systems, a communication and cyber business,
which is a subsidiary of General Dynamics.
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