Australia declares deployment of 'military assets' to the Middle East

Australia declares deployment of 'military assets' to the Middle East Australia's Prime Minister told parliament on Thursday that "military assets" had been deployed to the Middle East as a contingency plan. "I thank those Australians going into a dangerous situation in order to help their fellow Australians," Anthony Albanese said. The Australian PM did not provide further details on the nature of the assets, though local news outlet SBS News reported that they were planes.