Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke says UNRWA is the “only agency” in a position to deliver aid across Gaza where there is a “real humanitarian crisis”.

Mr Burke’s comments come after Opposition Leader Peter Dutton called on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to sack Ms Wong on her stance that funding to UNRWA may eventually be restored.

UNRWA has received Australian funding every year since 1951, with another $6 million having been pledged last month.

Israeli intelligence documents alleged that some staff members of UNRWA were involved in the Hamas attacks on October 7 – which led Australia and several other nations to suspend funding.

“Let me say this with respect to what she said for that UN agency – it is the only agency that is in a position to deliver aid across an area in Palestine where at the moment we are seeing a really serious humanitarian crisis,” Mr Burke told Sky News Australia.