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

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

More than 2,200 US military personnel will be deployed across northern Australia for a training exercise later this year, including at the RAAF Base Curtin in West Kimberley.

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Despite system faults and treacherous weather conditions, Oakey-based Army helicopter pilots rescued almost 80 people during the 2022 floods.

In the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels have expanded their operations into Ituri province. On April 10 and 11, around 30 people were killed near the town of Komanda by the ADF, an Islamist group that was originally based in Uganda. The…

Brereton report recommended swift payments to victims as ‘the morally right thing to do’ instead of waiting for court rulings

Australia's Department of Defence for the first time confirms the total number of RAAF pilots deployed to the United Kingdom on a secretive mission to remotely operate British armed drones over the Middle East.

A retirement village and aged care centre was inundated when Brisbane flooded in February, requiring a military response. The 2011 flood commission of inquiry had years earlier raised concerns about building on the land.

Republican free speech warriors gang up to target Yale students protesting anti-gay group

Australia's Defence Force Chief has paused internal disciplinary measures for senior army officers who failed to prevent alleged war crimes in Afghanistan, pending the completion of an external investigation that could take years.