No attempt by ministers to contact China over mid-air confrontation

Sky News Australia can reveal there’s been no attempt by any minister in the Albanese government to have a conversation with China’s government about a confrontation in the Yellow Sea.  This comes after a fighter jet from the People’s Liberation Army-Air Force dropped flares in the immediate flight path of an ADF Seahawk conducting routine operations off HMAS Hobart in the Yellow Sea on Saturday night.  “Government sources have told me that the contact that has occurred has between the defence forces, defence official to defence official, and the foreign affairs department to foreign affairs department,” Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell said.  “The stance of the Albanese government, at the moment, is to now await a formal and official response from the Chinese government after which there might be that ministerial representation.”