Australia walks ‘very fine line’ with Gulf deployment amid Iran war
Australia is deploying a surveillance aircraft and personnel to the Gulf for four weeks to support regional defense against escalating Iranian attacks.
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Open questions and key claims
There are 115,000 Australians living in the Middle East, including 24,000 in the UAE.
My government is not taking offensive action against Iran.
Sending military support to Gulf countries would only serve Donald Trump’s interests in the growing Iran war.
Australia would be signed up to Iran war ‘by deception and stealth’ if military support sent.
Analysts said the government was “walking a very fine line” with the deployment.
Assistance would mean Australia was legally part of the conflict.
Australia is sending a surveillance aircraft and air-to-air missiles to the Gulf.
The war has effectively shut the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas.
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