Prime Minister Albanese Pressed About Conflicting Timelines of Chinese Warship Drill

The flotilla of ships is now passing by Tasmania down the southernmost part of Australia.

The Chinese Peoples Liberation Army-Navy Fuchi-class replenishment vessel Weishanhu in the Solomon Sea. Courtesy of the Australian Defence of Department

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has pressed the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for not answering “basic questions” about the timeline of a live fire drill staged in the Tasman Sea by a flotilla of Chinese warships.

As first reported in The Epoch Times on Feb. 24, Airservices Australia only found out about the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) warships intentions at 9.58 a.m. on Feb. 21 after a notification from a Virgin Australia commercial pilot.