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.

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 ...

Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport Technical Director Marie Bussiere (from left) welcomes Air Vice-Marshall Gerry van Leeuwen, head of Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Systems for the ...

The Defence Department has entered the war over plans to scuttle Glebe Island port by confirming the facility is a valuable asset for the Royal Australian Navy.