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

The Guardian

Penny Wong refuses to say whether Pine Gap communications facility in NT was used in US bombing of three Iranian nuclear sites

Anthony Albanese says Australia supports the US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities and maintains Iran must not be allowed to possess atomic weapons, but would not say whether his government received advance notice of the US attack.

Albanese indicated no Australian resources or support were contributed towards what he called a “unilateral” mission from the Trump administration The prime minister raised concerns about “full-scale war” in the Middle East, and called on Iran to return to negotiations and dialogue.

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