Intense rain and flooding from ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper continues as rescue crew are deployed to Cairns. Follow the latest updates live
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As we flagged just earlier, discussions are continuing around whether Australia will send a warship to the Red Sea, following a request from the US. This comes amid ongoing attacks against commercial shipping from Iran-backed militia.
Prime minister Anthony Albanese told ABC RN just earlier that this wasn’t a request directly from the US to Australia but to a “range of nations”.
We will give consideration to that appropriately, in a considered way as we do, but this wasn’t a request to be clear from the US government to my government.
This was a general request to a range of nations for support there.
Continue reading…Intense rain and flooding from ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper continues as rescue crew are deployed to Cairns. Follow the latest updates liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAs we flagged just earlier, discussions are continuing around whether Australia will send a warship to the Red Sea, following a request from the US. This comes amid ongoing attacks against commercial shipping from Iran-backed militia.Prime minister Anthony Albanese told ABC RN just earlier that this wasn’t a request directly from the US to Australia but to a “range of nations”.We will give consideration to that appropriately, in a considered way as we do, but this wasn’t a request to be clear from the US government to my government.This was a general request to a range of nations for support there. Continue reading…