The near-catastrophic incident in the Yellow Sea off South Korea on Saturday has caused tension between Australia and its biggest trading partner.
"The helicopter was behaving in a correct and disciplined fashion and I don't accept that the response was anything but unsafe and unprofessional," he said on Thursday.
China had initially claimed the helicopter "deliberately approached China's airspace to cause trouble and provocation, endangering China's maritime and air security". Later that same day, China's Defence Ministry changed its tune, accusing Australia of using the helicopter to "conduct close-in reconnaissance and disturb the normal training activities of the Chinese side"
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