AUSTRALIANS – TRAVEL – LEBANON

Wong urges Australians to flee Lebanon

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Original article by Phillip Coorey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 6 : 25-Sep-24

It is estimated that between 15,000 and 20,000 Australian citizens are in Lebanon at any given time. The federal government has urged Australians to leave Lebanon while commercial flights are still available, amid fears that the current conflict between Israel and Hezbollah will escalate. Foreign Minister Penny Wong has warned that the government lacks the capacity to evacuate every Australian who is currently in Lebanon, while Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has criticised Australians for continuing to travel to Lebanon in recent months despite growing tensions in the region.

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Australians warned not to travel to Lebanon as tensions between Israel and Hezbollah rise

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Original article by Maddy Morwood
abc.net.au – Page: Online : 30-Jul-24

The Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade’s Smartraveller service has advised Australians not to travel to Lebanon, following increasing tensions between Israel and Hezbollah in the wake of an attack by Hezbollah on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that killed a dozen children. Smartraveller also advised Australians in Lebanon to leave immediately while commercial flights are still available, with a number of airlines having cancelled or suspended flights to Lebanon because of the increased tensions. Meanwhile, Opposition leader Peter Dutton has commenced an official visit to Israel, where he will meet with senior government officials and travel to the sites of the Hamas terrorist attacks on 7 October.

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