<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Australia is monitoring a Chinese flotilla that is near the Philippines but could be heading Down Under. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Defence Minister Richard Marles confirmed this afternoon that the ADF is tracking the People's Liberation Army Navy task force, which was first reported by the </span><em><span>Australian Financial Review</span></em><span> last Thursday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He said that, while the naval group is currently in the Philippine Sea, its destination is unknown, but could be Australia. </span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/defence-delivery-agency-new-adf-department-established-richard-marles/1b401b36-7259-4583-ba74-5630a77d1382"><strong><span>Three Defence agencies scrapped as government announces major overhaul</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We maintain constant maritime domain awareness in our geographic areas," Marlea said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We do not have a sense of where it is going, but we continue to monitor it as we monitor all movements."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>More to come.</span></em></div></div>