Penny Wong backs Israeli and US strikes on Iran as Labor group decries ‘sycophantic capitulation to militarism’
by Tom McIlroy Political editor from World news | The Guardian on (#73XHA)
Australian foreign affairs minister says Israel and US should explain the legal basis for the attacks' on Iran and won't say if Pine Gap used during strikes
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Australia has urged Iran to stop retaliatory attacks on countries across the Middle East after the US and Israel bombed Iran, killing its supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.
The foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, when asked about the legality of the strikes on Iran, said it was up to Australia's allies to explain the legal basis".
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