00:02These flights, these three flights from the United Arab Emirates are scheduled to depart
00:07at different points across today, but the Foreign Minister, Penny Wong, is warning that
00:12this will be highly dependent on the circumstances. She says if there's military action that makes
00:19it unsafe for these flights or for people to fly, then these flights won't go ahead,
00:24describing it as a highly unpredictable conflict zone. Now, this comes after we saw those emotional
00:31scenes at Sydney Airport last night with people embracing their loved ones who had returned from
00:39Dubai on an Emirates flight. That was the first flight that was able to bring Australians home
00:45since this conflict broke out over the weekend. The Foreign Minister, Penny Wong, says that she was
00:51on the edge of her seat while waiting for that flight to depart, but that she was very moved
00:57to see those Australians returned home. She hopes that we can see more of those scenes over coming
01:02days. Here's what she had to say.
01:05Obviously, that would be a great relief to see more Australians being able to come home.
01:10This is a conflict zone and we're operating in an environment which is highly unpredictable.
01:17Meanwhile, the first of six crisis response teams have departed Australia for the Middle East
01:25to provide assistance to Australians who are the thousands of Australians who are stranded
01:30in that region. The federal government won't say exactly where those teams are travelling due
01:37to the security concerns, but we are expecting them to provide...
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