Overview
- Foreign Minister Penny Wong said more than 103 direct commercial flights have brought close to 10,400 Australians home, with more arrivals still scheduled.
- Officials told those remaining to depart as soon as they can secure a seat and reach the airport safely, warning the situation could deteriorate rapidly.
- Smartraveller advised against travel or transit through Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Palestine, Qatar, Syria, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
- Australia has an E-7A Wedgetail surveillance plane and Defence Force personnel in the United Arab Emirates for regional air defense, and it says it will not send troops into Iran.
- The government rejected a Greens push for a parliamentary debate on the deployment, as U.S. President Donald Trump threatened strikes on Iran’s Kharg Island oil hub and Australian leaders pressed for de-escalation to ease economic strain.