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‘We don’t want to go’: Australian couple told to pay $3,500 to postpone flights amid Middle East volatility

ByLuca Ittimani and Catie McLeod

Experts say consumers are unlikely to have any legal rights to defer flights unless the airline’s fine print allows itGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSharon Latour and her husband are scheduled to fly through Abu Dhabi on an …

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Australian passenger disruption as airlines delay or cancel flights after Iran’s attack on US base in Qatar

ByGuardian staff

Foreign affairs minister Penny Wong said there had been ‘disruptions to flights with temporary airspace closures in the region’Australia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Albanese governmen…

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As the US chooses destruction over diplomacy in Iran, Australia has to decide between principle and prostration | Allan Behm

ByAllan Behm

Australia, like Little Sir Echo, whimpers after the world’s premier bully bombs the ‘bully of the Middle East’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe bully of the Middle East, as President Trump called Iran, has had its nuclear e…

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As the US chooses destruction over diplomacy in Iran, Australia has to decide between principle and prostration | Allan Behm

ByAllan Behm

Australia, like Little Sir Echo, whimpers after the world’s premier bully bombs the ‘bully of the Middle East’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe bully of the Middle East, as President Trump called Iran, has had its nuclear e…

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Anthony Albanese responds to Iran crisis: ‘We don’t want escalation and a full-scale war’ – video

ByGuardian staff

The Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, says the government supports action to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon while underlining the need for a diplomatic end to the Israel-Iran war. ‘We continue to call for dialogue and for dipl…

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PM backs Iran strikes but says Australia is ‘deeply concerned about any escalation’

ByJosh Butler and Dan Jervis-Bardy

Penny Wong refuses to say whether Pine Gap communications facility in NT was used in US bombing of three Iranian nuclear sitesAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese says A…

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PM backs Iran strikes but says Australia is ‘deeply concerned about any escalation’

ByJosh Butler and Dan Jervis-Bardy

Penny Wong refuses to say whether Pine Gap communications facility in NT was used in US bombing of three Iranian nuclear sitesAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese says A…

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Australia must stand firm in its support for a rules-based order and reject any US requests for military aid | Donald Rothwell

ByDonald Rothwell

Labor governments have a proud history of supporting the UN charter. The Albanese government must continue itAmerica’s bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities has no legitimacy under international law and carries significant implications for Australia. T…

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Australia must stand firm in its support for a rules-based order and reject any US requests for military aid | Donald Rothwell

ByDonald Rothwell

Labor governments have a proud history of supporting the UN charter. The Albanese government must continue itAmerica’s bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities has no legitimacy under international law and carries significant implications for Australia. T…

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Iranian Australians are worried about Israeli and US strikes – and fearful of Khamenei’s cornered regime

ByLuca Ittimani

Melbourne man Kambiz Razmara says ‘our communities in Iran [face] further devastation, further oppression … it’s just a no-win situation for the Iranians’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAli’s mother and uncles live less than …