Chinese ships now heading around WA coastline, Defence confirms

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The trio of Chinese warships circling Australia are now off the WA coast, in line with Esperance, as Anthony Albanese insists the ADF is keeping a close eye on their movements. But the Prime Minister has refused to say whether reports that Papua New Guinea had a two-week heads-up about the Peoples Liberation Army-Navy movements were correct or passed on to Australia. Defence said the three ships — a frigate, a cruiser and a replenishment vessel — were about 1055km southeast of Perth on Sunday morning. The task group has been heading steadily west for the past week, after conducting...