Australia politics live: Albanese says US won’t need Australian military help against Iran; Mark Carney to arrive in Australia | Australia news
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Anthony Albanese does not believe the US government will request military assistance from Australia in its conflict against Iran, noting Australia is “a long way” from the Middle East.
In an interview with ABC’s 7.30 last night, the prime minister said the US had not requested military assistance and he did not expect they would in the coming days and weeks.
Albanese said:
double quotation mark It’s a long way from Australia, and Australia is not – we are not big players in the Middle East.
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Anthony Albanese says he doesn’t expect the US will ask Australia for military assistance against Iran because it’s a “long way” away.
And the Canadian PM, Mark Carney, is due to arrive in Australia later today, though the main action of the visit is expected later in the week. He and Albanese are expected to cover a lot of ground in their talks. More details on this soon.
