The prime minister faces mounting pressure to fast-track recognising the state of Palestine, as the federal government pledges millions more in aid for Gaza.
More than 100,000 Australians took to the streets in protest against suffering in Gaza, including 90,000 who marched at the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Labor MP and former cabinet minister Ed Husic was among the high-profile faces at the Sydney march, and has called on all Australian governments to recognise the signal sent by the protesters and step up.
"I personally would love our government to recognise Palestine today," he told reporters in Canberra on Monday.
"The fastest way to recognition of Palestine is the fastest way to de-legitimise and see the end of Hamas."
France, Canada and the UK have all revealed plans to recognise Palestine in coming months, while also seeking the exit of Hamas, reform of the Palestinian Authority and demilitarisation of the state.
"The countries that have said they'd recognise want to demilitarise and see no role for Hamas ... for people who want to see Hamas removed out of the equation, this is the way to go," Mr Husic told ABC radio.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has said recognition of Palestine is a matter of "when, not if".
But Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been reluctant to commit to any deadline and previously said any resolution would need to guarantee Hamas played no part in the future nation.
Mr Husic believes working early on towards Palestinian recognition with other nations was Australia's "greatest chance" of ensuring its preconditions would be met.
More than 140 of the 193 United Nations members already recognise the state of Palestine, including European Union members Spain and Ireland.
Australia has pledged an extra $20 million in humanitarian aid for women and children in war-torn Gaza, bringing its total pledged to the enclave and Lebanon since October 7, 2023 to $130 million.
"The suffering and starvation of civilians in Gaza must end," Foreign Minister Penny Wong said when announcing the aid boost on Monday.
More than two years of war in Gaza follow an attack by militant group Hamas that killed 1200 people in Israeli with about 250 taken hostage.
Israel's military response has since killed 60,000 people, according to local health authorities.
Mr Albanese on Wednesday said while the world was horrified at the 2023 attack by Hamas, Israel's war had cost too many innocent lives.
International pressure is mounting on the nation state to let in more humanitarian aid, with UN sources finding more than two million people face high levels of food insecurity.
Israel denies there is starvation in the besieged strip despite international human rights groups branding its offensive in Gaza a genocide and attributing deaths to starvation.
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley said Hamas needed to release its hostages and surrender.
"Australians do want to see Gazans fed, they want to see the Israeli hostages released, they want to the war to end," she told reporters.
