>"We've been very clear about what our contribution is to requests and so far that is to the UAE [United Arab Emirates] obviously providing aircraft to assist with defence particularly given the number of Australians that are in that area in particular," King says.
"We won't be sending a ship to the Strait of Hormuz. We know how incredibly important that is but that's not something we've been asked or we're contributing to," she says.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-16/federal-politics-live-blog-hume-refineries/106458464
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Nor should we be.
Imagine if we got Peter Dutton as our PM instead…. Ooh boy
>Australia will not send a navy ship to the Strait of Hormuz to protect vessels carrying oil from Iranian attacks, the transport minister says.
I don’t think any other countries closer to the conflict that Trump has asked have agreed to yet, either.
Frankly, the US weakening its military position is good for the world. What Australia needs to do now is disavow American belligerence and find our sovereignty against all these pesky foreign influences.
Good.
If we’re not sending them, nobody is
“that’s not something we’ve been asked or we’re contributing to,” she says.
So if we’re asked then they will say yes? We don’t want anything to do with Israel’s war thanks.
Of course, because
~~the war is already won~~ …
~~going to be finished within days~~ …
~~US doesn’t need help~~ …
…
…
… oh yes, because it was started without consultation with any of the international community and is completely f**king up the global economy.
*this week
Just tell the yanks we will commit our Virginia submarines.
“Transport minister”? Ah well, we’ve got the right person on the case… I wonder what the education minister has to add?
Is it because we don’t have enough fuel reserves and can’t afford to send one?
I thought the war was already won
Stay out of this war of choice by the Epstein cabal.
So this is what the transport minister says. Can we perhaps hear it from the defence minister?