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Gwenda Garde (nee Moulton), 102, at home in Orange, served in the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service.

The teenager who hunted Japanese submarines

Gwenda Garde, aged 102, served in the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service during World War II as a translator of Japanese Morse code.

  • Tim Barlass

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Military experts are concerned that Australia’s move to acquire Virginia-class submarines is distorting the defence budget.

The fourth service: How AUKUS is consuming the defence budget

Army. Air force. Navy … AUKUS? The nuclear submarine program could soon cost as much as, or more than, other branches of our military, experts say.

  • Matthew Knott
Royal Australian Navy frigates alongside HMAS Stirling in Rockingham.

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
People’s Liberation Army-Navy Renhai-class cruiser Zunyi, and Fuchi-class replenishment vessel Weishanhu in the Tasman Sea.

Why Chinese warships off the coast were no bad thing for Australia

Many Australians seem to have missed a salient fact – our own navy conducts navigation operations and live firing exercises in the South China Sea.

  • Christopher Pyne
Lithuanian man Aurimas Mockus, who got into trouble in the Coral Sea as Tropical Cyclone Alfred bore down on Sunday, March 2, 2025.

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
German shipbuilder TKMS’ Meko A-200 frigate is under consideration for the Australian navy’s general-purpose frigate.

‘We want a decision’: Marles slaps down official over key navy contract

Military experts said the presence of a Chinese flotilla had reinforced the vulnerabilities of Australia’s “old and small” fleet of warships.

  • Matthew Knott
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China’s President Xi Jinping last month. Officials from the Chinese embassy in Canberra included government funding for “anti-China” research at ASPI on an infamous list of 14 grievances provided to journalists in 2020.

If we panic about these Chinese ships, Xi wins the propaganda war

The arrival of Chinese warships near our coast is not a crisis. Treating it as one – with over-the-top indignation – diminishes our capacity to tackle real crises as the region deteriorates.

  • Jennifer Parker
Airline flight paths had to be changed because of Chinese warships in the Tasman Sea.

From training to rehearsal: Why ‘brazen’ Chinese warships are off Sydney’s coast

The geopolitical earthquake in Europe will inevitably see aftershocks in Asia. Those aftershocks have arrived. Welcome, Australia, to an entirely new Pacific security environment.

  • Mick Ryan
The woman took to the stand to give evidence on Tuesday.

Sailor who raped 14-year-old Perth girl has sentence increased on appeal

The Navy recruit claimed he was lonely after being posted to WA and forced to stay during COVID, leading him to seek casual sex with women online.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
German shipbuilder TKMS’ Meko A-200 frigate is also under consideration for the Australian navy’s general purpose frigate.

Japan and Germany battle for edge in lucrative warship deal

Japan is seeking to capitalise on its rapidly deepening “quasi alliance” with Australia as it competes with Germany for a $10 billion shipbuilding deal.

  • Matthew Knott

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