News live: Trump renews accusations Australia hasn’t done enough to help in strait of Hormuz; PM to visit Geelong refinery after fire

Follow updates live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Marles says relationship with US ‘really matters’, dodges questions about Trump The deputy prime minister, Richard Marles , says Australia’s relationship with the US “deeply matters”, while avoiding weighing in on Donald Trump’s latest comments. When he criticises Australia, when he posts AI generated images.

US president told reporters he was ‘not happy with Australia because they were not there when we asked them to be there’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Donald Trump has again accused Australia of not doing enough to help him in the Middle East war, claiming the US “asked them to be there” despite Australia’s defence minister saying there had been no “specific request”. The US president made the comments.

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