‘Weak leadership’: Ministers make no contact with China over Yellow Sea incident

Shadow Defence Minister Andrew Hastie has slammed the Albanese government’s “weak leadership” as it has come to light they have made no contact with China over Saturday’s Yellow Sea incident.

A fighter jet from the People’s Liberation Army-Air Force dropped flares in the immediate flight path of an ADF Seahawk conducting routine operations off HMAS Hobart in the Yellow Sea on Saturday night.

“This is weak leadership from the Albanese government,” Mr Hastie told Sky News Australia host Peta Credlin.

“This is the second incident that the Chinese have caused over the last six to eight months.

“I would have thought that this, if not last time, was the point at which the Prime Minister, or the Defence Minister, or the Foreign Minister escalate this to their counterparts.

“The Prime Minister said it had been raised at all levels, well we found out today it hasn’t.”

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