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Dan Tehan says Australia ‘doing our bit to keep the region safe’. Follow updates live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Burke confirms Trump has called Albanese Burke has confirmed the US president, Donald Trump, has spoken with Anthony Albanese (who will be up to speak in Canberra shortly). I do know that the president called the prime minister and the views of the president put on this, I think, reflected what all good people have been thinking. Everybody’s been loo

US president speaks in Florida after a call with Putin, who said he wanted to be 'helpful' on Middle East war.

Anthony Albanese announces surveillance aircraft, air-to-air missiles and supporting personnel will be deployed to the UAE after request from their president Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia will send a specialist surveillance aircraft and stocks of air-to-air missiles to the United Arab Emirates, in what Anthony Albanese said is an effort to help protect Australians in the region under threat from Ira

More than half of the 62 million people in the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are foreign workers.