19/11/2023 20:47
The Guardian
Two planes collided in mid-air and one crashed into waters off Melbourne’s Mornington peninsula. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s ambassador to Washington and former prime minister Kevin Rudd is speaking to ABC RN about reports Australian naval divers had been injured after an run-in with a Chinese warship:Rudd is being pressed on whether or not prime minister Anthony Albanese raised this with Chinese president Xi Jinping during his recent visit?The bottom line is these communications occurred between the Australian government through the medium of the acting prime minister, who is also the defence minister.I’m not in a position to comment on the content of a prime ministerial level discussion with the Chinese president or with any other of the frankly dozen heads of government with whom the prime minister spoke while he was here at the APEC summit.The Australian government did not just respond privately and through diplomatic channels, the Australian government went public through the acting prime minister Richard Marles and made our position equally clear publicly. Continue reading...
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