TALKING TOUGH: Australian PM issues ultimatum to Iran: “Open the Hormuz Strait, or we’ll shut the Bass Strait”

CHOKE POINT: In what officials are describing as Australia’s boldest act of foreign policy in decades, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese issued a stark warning to Tehran overnight.

He’s demanding Iran immediately open up the Strait of Hormuz or face the full consequences of Australia shutting down Bass Strait in retaliation.

“Two can play this game,” the PM told reporters, standing in front of a map of southern Australia as if unveiling a major military operation.

“We will not stand by while international shipping lanes are threatened,”

Under the plan, all yachts, Captain Cook cruises and jet skis will be barred from entering the Bass Strait, which is the small waterway between Victoria and Tasmania.

At time of publication, Iran was yet to respond, with insiders believing it may still be trying to work out what Bass Strait is.