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Australia will deploy six Defence Force personnel to a US-led operation guarding against Iran-backed rebel attacks on commercial trade routes but will not send a ship or plane, a call Opposition Leader Peter Dutton claimed would be \u201cwelcomed by Hamas\u201d.<\/p>\n

The six will join Operation Prosperity Guardian in the new year and Australia will also double from five to 10 its staff officers involved in a wider Middle East maritime operation.<\/p>\n

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US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin welcomes Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles in October.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>AP<\/cite><\/p>\n

The Coalition has castigated Labor in recent days for choosing not to send a warship to the region, where Houthi rebels have been wreaking havoc in key shipping routes facilitating the transfer of oil, humanitarian aid and other products.<\/p>\n

The Yemen-based, Iranian-backed armed group is protesting against Israel\u2019s military action in Gaza, which was prompted by the October 7 terrorist attacks by Hamas, an entity also supported by Iran.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe won\u2019t be sending a ship or a plane,\u201d Marles said on Sky News on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat said, we will be almost tripling our contribution to the Combined Maritime Forces. We need to be really clear around our strategic focus and our strategic focus is our region \u2013 the north-east Indian Ocean, the South China Sea, the East China Sea, the Pacific.\u201c<\/p>\n

Dutton said the decision not to provide more substantive support made the Albanese government \u201can international laughing stock\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt takes a lot of effort with a special blend of weakness and incompetence for our prime minister to turn his back on our closest ally, a decision that could only be welcomed by Hamas [a listed terrorist organisation]. Doesn\u2019t that say it all?\u201d the opposition leader, who is on leave, posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe decision should be reversed and our integrity restored.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Albanese government has stressed the US request for help included a call for personnel, which it has provided.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday emphasised the United States\u2019 keenness for Australia\u2019s \u201cdiplomatic and public support\u201d.<\/p>\n

But opposition foreign affairs spokesman Simon Birmingham said Albanese\u2019s claim didn\u2019t \u201cpass muster\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cDoes anybody really think that the Australian government has some effective diplomatic back channel to the Houthi rebels in Yemen?\u201d Birmingham said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf [there are] not operational limitations, then explain why it is that Australia is missing in action in responding to this request and this challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n

Birmingham said Labor\u2019s reluctance to send a ship to the Middle East exposed Australia to a perception it did not have adequate military resources to free up a ship.<\/p>\n

Australia sent HMAS Toowoomba to the Persian Gulf in January 2020 amid growing tensions between the US and Iran. Then defence minister Linda Reynolds later that year announced the Defence Force would \u201creduce its naval presence in the Middle East to enable more resources to be deployed to our region\u201d.<\/p>\n

Michael Shoebridge, the director of think tank Strategic Analysis Australia, said the government was wrong not to take the Houthi threat more seriously as it had the potential to inflate global oil prices.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis policy mindset that Australia just needs to focus on our near region \u2013 unfortunately, the world keeps crowding in on us,\u201d he said, noting the Ukraine war\u2019s impact on energy and food prices.<\/p>\n

The Houthi episode also exposed the \u201csmall and vulnerable\u201d state of Australia\u2019s navy, Shoebridge suggested.<\/p>\n

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