Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull revealed Tuesday that his government was "looking ... Very closely" at the bans on laptops and tablets on flights from some Middle Eastern countries announced by the U.S. And Britain in March.
Questioned by reporters Wednesday, Turnbull refused to discuss the intelligence upon which a laptop ban was being considered or its source.
Australia would "work very closely with our partners around the world" in constantly reviewing aviation security, he said.
Trump has been criticized for divulging classified information to Russians about the laptop threat posed by the Islamic State group.
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Turnbull declined to say whether that information had also been shared with Australia, which along the U.S., Britain, Canada and New Zealand makes up the "Five Eyes" intelligence-sharing network.
The White House has defended Trump discussing with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak last week an Islamic State group threat related to the use of laptop computers on aircraft.
Critics argue that Trump's disclosure of the highly classified information threatened to fray the US intelligence partnership with Israel, which collected the information, and could be used by the Russians to find its source.
The US ban on laptops and tablets affects flights from Amman, Jordan; Kuwait City; Cairo; Istanbul; Jeddah and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Casablanca, Morocco; Doha, Qatar, and Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. The British security rules apply to flights from Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia.
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