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Shadow Residence Affairs Minister Andrew Hastie will converse to ABC Insiders host David Speirs this morning.
Defence Minister Richard Marles has spoken to Sky Information in regards to the authorities’s efforts to evacuate Australians from Iran and Liberal MP Dan Tehan can also be doing the rounds on Sky.
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The defence minister, Richard Marles, is up on Sky Information within the first of the Sunday morning political interviews.
Marles has offered an replace on the variety of Australians making an attempt to depart Iran and Israel amid the newest battle between the 2 nations.
As of Sunday morning, he mentioned there have been 3800 Australian residents – 2600 in Iran and 1200 in Israel – in search of authorities help to evacuate the international locations.
Marles mentioned the federal government had a civilian constitution aircraft on standby however it couldn’t but depart as a result of the airspace over Iran and Israel stays closed.
“So we actually are poised to supply no matter help we are able to within the occasion that airspace opens.”
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The defence minister, Richard Marles, says almost 4,000 Australians have utilized for presidency help to depart Israel and Iran. Marles mentioned the Australian authorities had a constitution plan on standby to help in an evacuation however it couldn’t depart because the sky over Iran stays closed.
New South Wales police have discovered the physique of an 81-year-old man within the Moruya space after midnight on Saturday. Police discovered the physique in a white ute after a search of the realm however will not be treating the loss of life as suspicious at this stage.
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