カテゴリー: Australian military
Malcolm Turnbull asks defence department official what Australia would do if the promised Virginia-class and Aukus-class submarines don’t arrive Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news p…
The move is intended to support the supply of minerals to benefit both countries’ commercial and defence industries – and shareholders are already profitingGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia and the US have signed a cr…
The multi-billion dollar deal was heralded as ensuring the security of the Indo-Pacific. But with America an increasingly unreliable ally, doubts are rising above the wavesMaybe Australia’s boats just never turn up.To fanfare and flags, the Aukus deal …
New Zealand defence minister Judith Collins says department has ‘never seen a task group of this capability undertaking this sort of work’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastN…
Bags went missing in Dubai floods, with embassy staff only able to retrieve one instrument and a handful of dress uniforms for defence force musiciansAustralia’s and New Zealand’s defence forces are once again coming together at Gallipoli – this time t…
Legislation covering a wide range of military issues clears the way for Virginia class vessels to bolster Pacific defenceGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe US congress has passed legislation allowing the countr…
Defence minister Richard Marles and counterparts from the UK and US say new technologies will be deployed by militariesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastArtificial intelligence, drones, and deep space radar are am…
Incident comes after maritime altercation between Toowoomba and Chinese warship last week off Japan’s coast that injured navy diversFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news …
Getting approval for nuclear submarine plan through legislature a question of ‘not if, but when’Joe Biden has played down congressional jitters over the Aukus nuclear-powered submarine deal and has revealed he assured Xi Jinping that the countries invo…
New report airs arguments for and against nuclear-powered submarine sale to Australia Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastDoubts about Australia’s willingness to…
Berlin to buy 100 Boxer heavy weapon carriers made in Brisbane by German manufacturer RheinmetallFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe prime minister has t…
Seven chairman Kerry Stokes, who parachuted the former soldier into a network job in 2015, says ‘the judgment does not accord with the man I know’Ben Roberts-Smith loses defamation case, with judge finding former SAS soldier committed war crimesListen …
Xiao Qian suggests improvement in Australian relationship with Beijing possible but would take ‘mutual respect’Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastChina’s am…
Former SAS soldier arrested and charged in NSW for alleged war crime over killing of Afghan civilian
Oliver Schulz, 41, was arrested in the southern highlands of New South Wales by Australian federal police and NSW policeFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA…
On the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, Paul Daley maps out the events leading up to Australia’s involvement and the consequent falloutFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free ap…