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Federal Labor says Prime Minister Scott Morrison broke the "trust and faith" of Australia's most important ally in a stoush over the AUKUS security pact.

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

A Chinese intelligence ship was tracked off Australia's west coast within 50 nautical miles of a sensitive defense facility, Australia said on Friday, raising concern amid an election campaign about China's assertive behavior in the region. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the Chinese navy vessel was not in Australian territorial…

Defence Minister Peter Dutton says ship hugged western coastline travelling in Australia’s EEZ.

Australia’s defense minister says a Chinese warship with spying capabilities has been hugging the western coastline in what amounts to an “aggressive act.”

Australia's defence minister, Peter Dutton, said a Chinese intelligence ship had been tracked off the West Australian coast, describing it as an "act of aggression" by Beijing.

Scott Morrison says Australia was keeping a close eye on a Chinese warship spotted off the coast of Western Australia.

A high-tech Chinese surveillance ship has been tracked off the West Australian coast, close to a secretive naval communications base that supports American and other allied submarines.