CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 22 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release:

ANDREW CLENNELL, HOST:Your decision to recognise Palestine with the UK and Canada has made headlines here in the US today. Do you concede there's a chance it makes no difference to achieving peace, or even backfires? For example, Israel could annex the West Bank or take some sort of action.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:No, I don't. This is a positive move forward and what it indicates is a signal that the world is getting together and saying, enough is enough. We need to end the cycle of violence. It won't just be the three countries that have recognised today, in unison. It will be other countries as well tomorrow afternoon.

CLENNELL: Is t...