Australia not asked to help US plans to block Strait of Hormuz

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday Australia had not received any request from the United States to help with its planned blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.



"They have done that in a unilateral way, and we haven't been asked to participate. We've received no requests that we haven't agreed to," Albanese told Channel Nine.



U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday the U.S. Navy would start blockading the Strait of Hormuz from Monday, raising the stakes after marathon talks with Iran failed to reach a deal to end the war.