CANBERRA, ACT, March 6 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release:
KIERAN GILBERT, HOST:Prime Minister Albanese, thanks for your time, I know you've been meeting with the National Security Committee again. It's a week into this conflict. Reports that some Australian submariners were on board a US sub that sank an Iranian ship. Can you confirm that for us?
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Well we wouldn't normally confirm such an issue, but given our NSC meetings and the public interest, I can confirm that there were three Australian personnel on board that vessel. I can confirm also, though, that no Australian personnel have participated in any offensive action against Iran. These are long-standing third country...