RAAF
Navy practises submarine hunting off WA coast
The 2025 anti-submarine war exercise launched from HMAS Stirling south of Perth on Tuesday morning.
- Hamish Hastie
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- Extreme weather
Australian navy rescues man rowing from US to Brisbane caught in Cyclone Alfred
The rower was battling 80km/h winds and heavy seas brought on by Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
- Callum Godde
China accuses Australia of deliberate provocation in South China Sea
China’s Defence Ministry accused an Australian military aircraft of ignoring the main routes in the busy waterway, saying it “broke into the homes” of others.
- Liz Lee, Xiuhao Chen and Kirsty Needham
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- Remembrance Day
He was Australia’s deadliest Battle of Britain pilot. Now, his plane will fly again
Pat Hughes shot down more German aircraft than any other Australian pilot when the Luftwaffe attacked during the Battle of Britain.
- Tim Barlass
- Opinion
- China relations
Was Biden’s ‘hot mic’ China warning OTT? New footage of this mid-air bullying suggests not
The Australian government speaks reassuringly of a “stabilised” relationship with Beijing. China’s national broadcaster portrays a very different state of affairs.
- Peter Hartcher
Hurley asks King about his health in emotional final overseas trip on duty
Governor-General David Hurley’s job is almost done. But his final trip overseas, his 19th in the job, was as moving as any that had come before.
- Rob Harris
- Perspective
- World War II
Secret planning, treacherous training and the clouds of gliders launched against the Nazis
Gippsland-born Frank Bladin became Air Vice-Marshal of the RAAF. Eighty years ago, he played a crucial role in the D-Day airborne landings on Normandy, France.
- Tony Wright
Reform laws and amend attitudes to staunch violence
The causal factors of violence against women and children are well known. Little is new other than cyberstalking and surveillance as tools of abuse. The long-standing problem of agencies competing for inadequate resources does not assist victims or aid in violence reduction. Executive government needs to undertake effective law reform and provide adequate funding for first-class services.
China in our sights: Defence to get extra $50b over next decade
Defence spending is set to rise to $100 billion a year by 2034, in large part due to the risk of conflict in the Indo-Pacific as China rapidly builds up its military.
- Matthew Knott
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