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Australia to join US, India, Japan for military exercises

Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne (L) at the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue meeting in Tokyo

Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne (L) at the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue meeting in Tokyo Source: Getty Images

For the first time in more than a decade Australia is taking part in Quad countries' naval exercises in a move likely to further escalate tensions with China.



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