David Shoebridge, the Greens lead Senate NSW candidate, joined other speakers in calling for the Australian government to condemn the Turkish invasion of South Kurdistan (northern Iraq) just as it has condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Other speakers at the rally on April 30 at Sydney Town Hall were: Gule Rose, from the Democratic Kurdish Community Centre (NSW); Peter Boyle, Rojava Solidarity Sydney; former Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon; and Jim McIlroy, Socialist Alliance.