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Welcome to SBS News in Easy English. I'm Ciara Hain.Australian Defence forces are being sent to the Middle East as violence in Israel and Gaza escalates.
"If matters do get worse we want to make sure that we are prepared and that is why we are deploying aircraft in this way. The message that we really want to give to Australians who are in the region is if you want to leave don't rely on this. Take the options that you have got on commercial aircraft and make your departure because this is a very volatile situation."
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is expected to introduce new laws overhauling Australia's defence export controls to parliament within weeks. But Nationals Senator Matt Canavan told Channel Nine Australia shouldn't rely on other nations for support. Iceland is regarded as one of the world's most progressive countries in terms of gender equality and has topped the World Economic Forum's gender gap index 14 years in a row.
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