The UAE says Iran has launched more than 1400 missiles and drones at sites across the country, throwing travel plans and global trade into chaos and killing at least four people.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong said while a "do not travel" warning was already in place for the UAE, partners and children of diplomats were also being told to leave the country.
"The Australian government has directed the departure of dependants of Australian officials posted to the UAE, due to the deteriorating security situation," she said in a post on social media platform X.
More than 1700 Australians have returned home from the UAE since the start of the conflict, Senator Wong added.
The foreign minister also said Australia was considering a request for military help from allies in the region, but would not be part of any ground-troop deployment.
"You would anticipate, as a consequence, that we have been asked for assistance, and we will work through that carefully," she told the ABC's Insiders program on Sunday.
"If a decision is made, I'm sure that we will be transparent with the Australian people."
Iran has launched strikes against neighbouring countries including the UAE, Qatar and Bahrain following US and Israel-led attacks, which killed the country's leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Opposition foreign affairs spokesman Ted O'Brien said he was open to helping countries in the Gulf.
"The United States and Israel have been doing the heavy lifting for the free world here," he told ABC Radio National.
Mr O'Brien said he had requested a briefing from the government on the issue.
Jennifer Parker, an expert associate at the Australian National University's national security college, said Australian forces would likely be sought to relieve pressure on the militaries of allied regimes.
"I would suspect that we will try and assist with the issues of missile and drone detection, and potentially missile and drone interception," she told AAP.
"We could consider deploying fighter jets to the region to help defend the Gulf countries against these attacks. That would probably be the most effective deployment for Australia.
"That comes with some complications in terms of stressing that they're being used for defensive, rather than offensive, roles."
Australian forces could also be used to provide support in getting oil through the Strait of Hormuz, through which one-fifth of world supplies travel.
Iran has been blocking access to the strait following the attacks, leading to petrol and diesel price spikes.
If Australian defence personnel were sent to the region, it was unlikely to put them at greater risk of attack, Ms Parker said.
"Australia is considered as allied with the US anyway, and so therefore, because of that relationship, Iran would consider Australians as targets in the same way that they have in some of the Gulf countries," she said.
