Q: Just stepping back a bit, your government has faced calls in the past from the opposition to list the IRGC as a terrorist outfit and to expel the ambassador, and you have resisted it on the grounds it’s important to have diplomatic relations with Iran, if only for the intelligence benefits through the five eyes. Is now the case what happened has outweighed that imperative, no more diplomatic relations as long as the IRGC remains in power in Iran?

Anthony Albanese:

It’s the case that having received this information yesterday, we went through our formal channels and made decisions that were in Australia’s national interest. Based upon this changed information.