Australia's Military Boss on Hormuz: 'We Can Deploy Safely'

0:00Australia's top military boss, Admiral David Johnston, says the country can easily send a ship to the Strait of Hormuz to protect key oil and fertilizer shipments if needed. He stressed that while the capability is there, priorities matter most right now. The U.S. has shifted a ton of military power from the Indo-Pacific to the Gulf amid rising tensions and Johnston warns that could create a gap an hour, region that Australia needs to fill. This comes as a shaky, two-week ceasefire holes in the Middle East War. Opposition figure Andrew Hastie questioned if Aussie ships could handle Iranian drones and missiles, but Johnston shut that down flat, saying, yes, they absolutely could deploy safely. President Trump even called out allies like Australia for not jumping in sooner. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's team extended the state of an E-7A wedgetail surveillance plane and 85 personnel in the area. At the UAE's request, strictly for defense, with no offensive data sharing. Fuel stocks here remain solid despite Iran's blockade,

1:04thanks to double reserves in steady contracts. As things simmer, watch how Australia balances middle east calls with Indo-Pacific focus. That's the story for today. Sydney News Today, Driven by AI.