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Mr Marles and Mr Austin had a private meeting with members of the missing air crew's regiment in Townsville, where they also addressed troops taking part in the exercises. "Together you are bolstering deterrence by building capacity alongside our allies and partners … and together we continue to build combat readiness," Mr Austin said. The missing aircrew, from left, Joseph (Phil) Laycock, Alex Naggs, Danniel Lyon, Max Nugent The AUSMIN communiqué contained multiple barbs at China, including its "excessive maritime claims" feeding regional tensions and the need to end the threat of force against Taiwan, and urging Beijing to engage…
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