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Navy blueprint should have happened years ago

The blueprint into the future of Australia’s Navy is a good one but should have come earlier, writes Charles Miranda.

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Navy announces $11.1bn ‘new fleet of lethality’

A revamp of the Royal Australian Navy will see the number of warships more than double and the addition of missile-firing drone ships. See the full details.

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People clear up debris in front of buildings damaged during riots in Port Moresby during the January riots. Picture: AFP

PNG death toll could be more than 70

Papua New Guinea police say at least 26 people have been killed in tribal violence in the country’s highlands, with fears the death toll could rise by three times that figure.

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A photo of the frigate HMAS Anzac taken by Submarine Warfare Officer's Course students through the periscope from HMAS Rankin during an anti-submarine warfare training activity conducted as part of Exercise Zeehond in the Western Australian Exercise area. *** Local Caption *** The Submarine Warfare Officer's Course combines classroom learning and simulated instruction with intensive simulated assessment culminating in Exercise Zeehond, the final assessment phase at sea. The course is designed to take Officer of the Watch (Dived) qualified Maritime Warfare Officer-Submariners and give them the tactical knowledge and skills needed to become Watch Leaders on a Collins Class Submarine.

ADF makes surprising call amid recruitment crisis

Australia faces a critical shortage of armed forces personnel but that has not swayed the ADF’s position on national conscription.

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Australian Army Private Alexander Raymond from 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment's Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Sniper Platoon leads the patrol on a reconnaissance task in the Canungra Military Area, Queensland. *** Local Caption *** The Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Sniper Platoon at 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, participated in Exercise Wolf Crawl in the Canungra Field Training Area, Queensland. The activity was conducted over several days to develop standard operating procedures for reconnaissance patrols including the phases of insertion, infiltration, conduct, exfiltration, and extraction.

Aussie troops to carry ‘kamikaze’ armed drones

Australian soldiers will soon be armed with new weapons that could give them a huge “warfighting advantage”.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, NewsWire Photos. AUGUST 18, 2023: Australian Defence Force chiefs at the commemorative service to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War on ANZAC Parade in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Veterans’ class action over privacy breach

The medical files of up to 300,000 former military personnel were secretly shared with a university, it’s been revealed, opening the floodgates for a class action.

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Australian Defence Force personnel conduct chin-ups during the Special Forces Entry Test at Holsworthy Barracks, Sydney, on Monday, 01 March 2021. *** Local Caption *** Australian Defence Force personnel striving to join Special Operations Command were put through a series of physical and cognitive tests at Holsworthy Barracks in Sydney on the evening of Monday, 01 March 2021. Australian Defence Force School of Special Operations instructors put around 50 aspiring special operations force candidates through the Special Forces Entry Test beginning late in the afternoon and ending around midnight. Special operations forces includes special forces soldiers as well as doctors, nurses, medics, signallers, engineers, logisticians, intelligence analysts and other key personnel who closely support special operations. Special Operations Command recruits personnel from across the Australian Defence Force. The Special Forces Direct Entry Scheme also recruits special forces commandos from the broader Australian public through Defence Jobs. Candidates aiming to become special forces soldiers within the Special Air Service Regiment or the 1st or 2nd Commando Regiments need to pass the Special Forces Entry Test and meet discipline, ethical and performance requirements before being invited to attempt one of two three-week-long special forces selection courses conducted each year. The ADF School of Special Operations delivers training and education to Special Operations Command personnel and other ADF special operations forces personnel. The ADF School of Special Operations is part of Special Operations Commandâs new schoolhouse training structure under the Defence Special Operations Training & Education Centre. Special Operations Command is an Australian Army functional command whose mission is to prepare and employ special forces to defend Australiaâ€s national interests.

Military to lower fitness for enlistment

The Australian Defence Force will lower fitness tests to boost recruitment and target school leavers with a “try before you buy” Reserves program.

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Britain's King Charles III and Britain's Queen Camilla wave as they leave by car from Clarence House, travelling to Buckingham Palace, in London on February 6, 2024. King Charles III's estranged son Prince Harry reportedly arrived in London on Tuesday after his father's diagnosis of cancer, which doctors

Harry has emotional reunion with recovering King

Prince Harry has had an emotional reunion with his father King Charles, the first time he has spent with the monarch since the Queen’s funeral in September 2022.

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-- AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2023 -- Britain's King Charles III wearing the Imperial state Crown, and Britain's Queen Camilla wearing a modified version of Queen Mary's Crown wave from the Buckingham Palace balcony after viewing the Royal Air Force fly-past in central London on May 6, 2023, after their coronations.. The set-piece coronation is the first in Britain in 70 years, and only the second in history to be televised. Charles will be the 40th reigning monarch to be crowned at the central London church since King William I in 1066. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) / AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2023

How King Charles’ duties will get done during treatment

While King Charles receives treatment after a shock cancer diagnosis, how he carries out his raft of formal duties will have to change. See how and which royals can step in for him with his public-facing duties.

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James Henry Kinch at Bangkok Criminal Court where he is fighting extradition to Australia, where he is charged with conspiring to import pseudo-ephidrine into Australia in 2008.

Caged gangster to get one minute of freedom

A colourful crim likened to an extra from a British gangster movie will enjoy a mere minute of freedom before he is re-detained, deported and barred from ever entering Australia again.

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