Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles has confirmed the government will send two additional RAAF aircraft to the Middle East and a detachment of army personnel. Mr Marles didn’t say where in the Middle East the aircraft would be sent to for security reasons.
Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles has confirmed the government will send two additional RAAF aircraft to the Middle East and a detachment of army personnel.“The point of this is to support Australian populations that are in the Middle East,” Mr Marles told Sky News Australia.
“We don’t know exactly how this is going to play out in the Middle East – obviously, the situation is volatile, we very much hope that it is contained to Gaza. “But we are taking these steps now in the event that matters do get worse, and we are then in a position to support Australian populations.”
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