Albanese accuses China of ‘dangerous, unsafe and unprofessional’ behaviour in naval ship altercation

Prime minister declines to confirm if he raised incident in his face-to-face meeting with Xi Jinping

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Anthony Albanese has accused a Chinese naval ship of dangerous, unsafe and unprofessional" behaviour after an altercation with an Australian vessel left one person injured.

But the prime minister has declined to confirm whether he raised the issue face-to-face with Chinese president Xi Jinping at the Apec summit last week, only saying that the government had complained through all the forums that are available".

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