Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stood on the world stage this week and declared Australia now recognised the State of Palestine. After this week, of the UN Security Council permanent members – Britain, France, China, Russia and the United States – only the US will not recognise Palestine. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks at the Two-State Solution Conference in the United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York. Credit: Dominic LorrimerAddressing the New York conference, Albanese laid out why his government had taken the recognition step. Recognition was based on Hamas having no role in Palestine’s future, that it would disarm and never control Gaza again.