Albanese: Clear Goals Needed in US-Iran Conflict

0:00Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is pushing for clearer goals from the United States in its conflict with Iran, especially on weather regime. Change remains on the table. He stressed that Australia backs the U.S. efforts to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon and to cut back the regime's ability to threaten the world through proxies like Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis. Australia stepped up by sending a wedged tail surveillance plane, an 85-defence personnel to the United Arab Emirates to help fend off Iranian. Missiles and drones. Albanese believes those main aims blocking nukes and weakening military power have mostly been met already. He's got strong words for the Iranian regime, calling it a warrant, but warns that toppling it from outside is tough based on history. Meanwhile, he wants de-escalation to ease pressures on the global economy. One leader, Angus Taylor, stayed light on details, focusing instead on re-opening the straight-of-horn moves to drop fuel prices at home.

1:01Shadow Minister Andrew Hasty labeled the war a huge miscalculation, and said Australia should ask tough questions. With thousands of U.S. Marines and sailors now in the region, as President Trump considers next moves, Albanese is calling for straight talk on the endgame, so everyone knows where this heads from here. That's your update from Sydney News Today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story.