Foreign Minister Penny Wong makes crucial admission on report Russia was seeking to base aircraft 1400km from Australia

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Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has confirmed it remains “unconfirmed” if Russia had approached Indonesia to request its aircraft be based at the Manuhua Air Force Base at Biak Numfor, about 1400km from Australia’s mainland. US military publication Janes reported Moscow was seeking permission for its aircraft to be stationed at the base. On Tuesday, opposition leader Peter Dutton questioned how much the government knew prior to the report. “The prime minister and the foreign affairs minister should have this depth of relationship with Indonesia to have had full warning of this, and if they haven’t, I think they need...