<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="http://9news.com.au/australia" rel="" target="" title="Australia"><span>Australia</span></a><span> has deployed "military assets" to the </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/middle-east" rel="" target="" title="Middle East"><span>Middle East</span></a><span> as </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/israel" rel="" target="" title="Israel"><span>Israel</span></a><span> and </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/iran" rel="" target="" title="Iran"><span>Iran</span></a><span> launch waves of strikes against each other and a prominent </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-israel-attack-iran-tehran-launches-wave-of-attacks-saying-us-will-bitterly-regret-sub-sinking-calls-for-trumps-blood/d20fe23f-a822-4df7-8c56-bf87511bc746"><span>cleric calls for "Trump's blood"</span></a><span> over the sinking of an Iranian warship.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed the deployment in parliament today, following a historic address by his Canadian counterpart.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He welcomed the return of hundreds of Australians from Dubai on the few flights out of the emirate so far and said the government was working with its agencies and partners to help those who need to get out of the region.</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/world/us-israel-attack-iran-tehran-launches-wave-of-attacks-saying-us-will-bitterly-regret-sub-sinking-calls-for-trumps-blood/d20fe23f-a822-4df7-8c56-bf87511bc746"><strong><span>Iran's chilling Trump threat after sub sinking</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade are working around the clock and engaging surge consular capacity," he said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The government is deploying six crisis response teams to the region, and we've already deployed military assets as part of our contingency planning earlier this week."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Australia and Canada were the only Western allies to immediately express explicit support for the US and Israel's attacks on Iran last week and the two leaders remained in lockstep today.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/us-israel-attack-iran-anthony-albanese-confirms-australian-military-assets-deployed-to-middle-east-amid-iran-war/d906fec1-69a7-44c7-a87d-3941f4b66720" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Albanese said Australia would join Canada's G7 critical minerals production alliance, a foundation for a new partnership of middle powers to stand up to the might of China and the US.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We share a common heritage, have developed a common perspective and can build a common future together—two sovereign nations, two proud democracies: the true north and land down under—navigating with the same values," Carney said in the first address to Australia's parliament by a Canadian leader since 2007.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"As the prime minister indicated, what makes our relationship rare is that it was not built by geography or by great-power design. </span></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/queensland-crashes-outofcontrol-truck-smahses-into-almost-a-dozen-parked-cars/4c5fdc56-6fd3-49cf-ad29-4d55f172a710"><strong><span>Chaos as truck's brakes fail on steep street</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It was chosen repeatedly over centuries. In the mud of Flanders, on the shores of Normandy, in the hills of Korea and the valleys of Kandahar, Canadians and Australians have stood by each other when the hour was darkest and victory most in doubt."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Albanese echoed those sentiments, saying the friendship was noteworthy because of the things Australia and Canada didn't have in common.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We do not share a border, a region, a hemisphere or any market smaller than the global one," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Yet this makes the connection between our countries more meaningful, not less, because our cooperation, our partnership, is a positive choice, not a necessity. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"When we work together, it is on the basis of our shared convictions, not mutual convenience."</span></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/sydney-private-school-using-cctv-to-track-kids-toilet-use/ba0e08cd-ebb3-4a99-bbe3-f91d53ed06ee" rel="" target="" title=""><strong><span>Parents shocked by private school's new toilet policy</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The visit comes at a time of great change for Carney, pivoting away from his nearest neighbour in America and to like-minded friends around the globe.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The fact is Australia and Canada have never waited for others to write our futures. We've written it ourselves through a century of choices, standing together in the darkest hours, building the post-war order with optimism and purpose and now helping to create what comes next," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Yes, the world will always be driven by great powers, but it can also be shaped by middle powers that trust each other and act with speed and purpose. Australia and Canada have demonstrated that trust again this week."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Asked whether Canada and Australia could trust Trump, Carney said "we need to build on what we have in order to re-establish that trust commercially.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Opposition Leader Angus Taylor praised Carney for his famous speech in Davos earlier this year warning of a "rupture in the world order", describing it as a "much-needed wake-up call for middle powers of the West".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"You, Prime Minister Carney, said we're at a turning point, and we must indeed 'stop invoking rules-based international order as though it functions as advertised'," Taylor said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I'd go further. The rules-based international order has been exposed as wishful thinking of a bygone and benign era, especially in these times when autocratic regimes act with impunity. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I wholeheartedly agree with you; in this brave new world, middle powers cannot simply build higher walls and retreat behind them. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We must work together. We must act together, closer than ever, on defence, on secure supply chains and sovereign capabilities, on maintaining free trade."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Canada and Australia together produce about a third of global lithium and uranium, as well as more than 40 per cent of global iron ore.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Western nations have been attempting to diversify their supply chains away from China, which still controls the majority of production and processing of critical minerals, essential for semiconductors and defence applications.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Carney is on a multi-leg trip across the Asia-Pacific region also taking in Japan and India.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>- Reported with Reuters</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><strong><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></strong></em><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><em><strong><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" rel="" target="" title=""><em><strong><span>Apple</span></strong></em></a><span> </span><em><strong><span>and</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" rel="" target="" title=""><em><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></em></a></li><li><em><strong><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://9.nine.com.au/8x987w" rel="" target="" title=""><em><strong><span>ticking this box here</span></strong></em></a></li><li><em><strong><span>Sign up to</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=nineatnine" rel="" target="" title=""><em><strong><span>our breaking newsletter here</span></strong></em></a></li></ul></div></div>