Why Did Australia Refuse to Send a Single Ship to the Red Sea?

Published on January 5, 2024

Commentary News the U.S. Navy killed 10 Houthi pirates in the Bab el-Mandeb underlines the embarrassment in the Albanese Labor government only sending 11 military personnel rather than the requested warship to assist the American operation in the area. The stated reason was that our priority is the Pacific, and surely it should be. But you can’t ignore the route through which 20 percent of your seaborne trade travels (pdf). Nor can you ignore your defence insurance policy—the United States. As the recent non-release of cabinet documents relating to our decision to join the United States in Iraq reminds us, no Australian government has ever ignored serious requests from Uncle Sam since World War II....

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