Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Australian Defence Force

Six months after volcanic eruption and tsunami, Tongans who lost everything have plans for their future

Hundreds remain in limbo after a COVID-19 outbreak slowed Tonga's efforts to recover from January's volcanic eruption and tsunami, but spirits remain high and ambitious plans are in place to rebuild.

ABC News

Training program helps boost Indigenous Australian Defence Force recruitment

Damien Seden wants to continue centuries of Indigenous and family tradition and serve in the military, but at first did not meet the entry standards.

ABC News

ADF ready for Hunter flooding impact

Some 250 troops and three helicopters have been mobilised as the Australian Defence Force continues to assist those struggling with NSW's devastating floods.

AAP

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

ADF report into alleged misconduct in East Timor warned of culture issues in special forces, years before claims of Afghanistan war crimes

An internal Australian Defence Force report explicitly warned of a "code of silence" and a culture of cover-up in the special forces, years before allegations of war crimes in Afghanistan emerged.

ABC News

PM triggers federal flood support payments

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will tour flood-affected communities in NSW alongside Premier Dominic Perrottet.

AAP

Shroud of secrecy surrounds death of contractor at Duntroon

An investigation, now in its fourth week, has failed to shed any light on the circumstances of how a man died in the grounds of Duntroon.

The Canberra Times

North West Defence Alliance hopes Force Posture Review will bolster WA resources

The federal government's commitment to a Force Posture Review could see the Australian Defence Force recognise some key holes in northern WA's defence.

ABC News

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

‘History will judge us’: Richard Marles commits to defence reform after Afghan war crimes inquiry

Defence minister says Australia must ‘make right this appalling set of circumstances’ and promises to keep parliament informed of progress

The Guardian - AU

Friday essay: why soldiers commit war crimes – and what we can do about it

The following essay contains disturbing images and language.

The Conversation

Abuse at all ranks in the services, Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide hears

A damaging cycle of abuse within the Australian Defence Force is likely to continue without a "circuit breaker", the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide has been told.

ABC News

Anthony Albanese extends term of General Angus Campbell as Chief of the Defence Force

General Angus Campbell will remain as the Chief of the Australian Defence Force after his term is extended by two years by the new Labor government.

ABC News

Royal commission hears of 'ad hoc and inconsistent' suicide reporting as Australian Defence Force Chief testifies

Defence is not doing enough to address suicides, according to the Australian Defence Force Chief, who has told the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide the ADF has inconsistent data on such deaths among its members.

ABC News

Portrait of breastfeeding servicewoman wins Napier Waller Art Prize for 2022

A portrait portraying the conflict between being a mother and an Army service member has won a prestigious art prize, run by the Australian War Memorial.

ABC News

Man sentenced to life in mental health facility over murder in South Australia's Far West

A man has been sentenced to life in a mental health facility for killing his travel companion on South Australia's Nullarbor Plain.

ABC News

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

ABC News

Indonesian Army joins Australian and US forces for humanitarian response training

On a fictional island ravaged by a cyclone, the Indonesian Army has joined Australian and US forces in mock humanitarian disaster training.

The Guardian - AU

It’s unprecedented for Dutton to label a Chinese spy ship sailing outside Australia’s territory ‘an aggressive act’

International law experts say ‘this is not an act of aggression and is in fact fairly standard activity for navies’

The Guardian - AU

Confronted about his inaction on the Brereton reforms, Peter Dutton attempts to shoot the messenger

Defence minister calls Guardian Australia a ‘trashy publication’ but leaves questions unanswered

ABC News

Federal election: Regional Australians feeling the brunt as cost of living skyrockets — as it happened

Residents in regional Australia are telling the ABC prices for fuel, food and homes are rising sharply as the election approaches.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

ABC News

AOC-sponsored Afghan families still waiting for humanitarian visas from Australian government

After fleeing Afghanistan, the five families — which have been sponsored by the Australian Olympic Committee — are desperately waiting for the Australian government to issue the visas.

ABC News

Pacific Airshow comes to Gold Coast in 2023

Organisers hope the event will attract hundreds of thousands of people to the Gold Coast.

ABC News

RSLs lack young veterans for Anzac Day events as NSW president calls for change

An ageing RSL volunteer force for Anzac Day events sparks fears for future services, prompting the NSW president to call for sub-branches to be more welcoming of new veterans.

AAP

Military probe a witch hunt: SAS soldier

Ben Roberts-Smith's former patrol commander has described as a witch hunt the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force's probe into Afghanistan.

ABC News

Tasmanian athlete Peter Brown is doing it for the kids at The Hague's Invictus Games

This week's Invictus Games will see below-the-knee amputee Peter Brown compete across five seated sports.

ABC News

Case against SAS soldier accused of mistreating corpses in East Timor collapsed after New Zealand witnesses were denied identity protections

Australia's only prosecution of an elite SAS soldier for crimes in combat collapsed because special forces witnesses were denied "standard" identity protections, the New Zealand military reveals.

ABC News

An Australian soldier was accused of kicking corpses in East Timor. What the NZ SAS witnessed went much further

Secret documents reveal eyewitness accounts from New Zealand soldiers who said an Australian SAS operator brutalised corpses in East Timor in 1999.

1 2 3 4 5

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Australian Defence Force

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.