The largest-ever war fighting drills in Australia, Exercise Talisman Sabre, is underway and expected to attract the attention of Chinese spy ships. Talisman Sabre began in 2005 as a biennial ...

Four Frenchmen arrived on Australia's Norfolk Island in the middle of winter claiming to be on a diving and pleasure cruise.

A teenage Australian surfer feared lost at sea was rescued after spending the night on an uninhabited island miles offshore, ...

Australians should expect more Chinese naval flotillas to enter our waters, says Defence Force chief David Johnston, issuing a veiled warning against more unannounced live fire exercises.

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has refused to say if Chinese warships were “targeting our cities” when they carried out exercises off Australia’s vast coast earlier this year.

Australian Defence Force: El Ingham take over in pictures The 1300 troops first landed by sea at Forrest Beach before pushing inland to secure El Ingham.

Following Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s May 2025 re-election, Australia is advancing a historic defence treaty with Papua New Guinea. Rooted in shared history and strategic urgency amid ...