Last Friday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced the preliminary findings of the attack on international aid workers in Gaza, dismissing two officers and reprimanding three others.
The Israeli investigation found that officers mishandled key information and violated the army's rules of engagement.
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said the Australian government wanted Israel's handling of the incident to include "full accountability", adding that she had written to Israel's foreign and defence minister, along with Defence Minister Richard Marles, expressing Australia's demand for transparency in the investigation of the incident.
In the letter, Wong said the government was concerned about Israel's initial response to the attack. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said after the incident that such an incident "is something that would happen in war." Wong said the attitude showed that the Israeli government had not yet recognized the seriousness of the incident.
The Australian Government expects Israel to preserve all evidence from the investigation for further review if needed.
Australia has appointed Mark Binskin, the former commander-in-chief of the Defence Forces, as a special adviser to oversee Israel's investigation.
Wong noted that Australia's ambassador to Israel had been briefed by the Israel Defense Forces but had not seen a written copy of Israel's findings or a response to the Australian government's request.
At the same time, the charity World Central Kitchen has also called for an independent commission to investigate the matter.
Another aid worker killed in the attack was from Poland, and the Polish Foreign Ministry said it "requests that the preliminary findings we are now seeing be transferred to criminal responsibility".
Federal opposition calls Israeli attack 'wrong'
Simon Birmingham, a spokesman for foreign affairs for the federal opposition, said the killing of seven humanitarian workers in the attack was a "mistake" that Israel should learn its lesson.
In stark contrast to the Labor government's stern condemnation, opposition shadow foreign minister Birmingham said in an interview with the ABC's Insiders programme over the weekend: "It would be naïve to pretend that there will be no tragedies and mistakes in war. ”
The Birmingham senator declined to say whether he supported the government's appointment of a special adviser to oversee the investigation, saying the Coalition wanted first and foremost "to know the role of the special adviser and the details of any appointments".
He expressed confidence in Israel's ability to conduct its own investigations, while stressing the need to ensure that similar incidents are not repeated.
"Unlike Hamas, Israel does have procedures," he said.
"We want to see clear action to understand how this tragedy happened...... This requires Israel to take a clear and careful look at the procedural errors that have occurred. ”