Minister for Defense Stephen Smith today welcomed HMAS Toowoomba home from a six-month deployment to the Middle East Area of Operations (MEAO). Minister Smith greeted the crew at her homeport Fleet ...

Late last week there was an interesting and potentially very dangerous development in China’s ongoing bullying behaviour at sea in the Far East. An Anzac-class frigate of the Royal Australian Navy ...

Royal Australian Navy Frigate HMAS Toowoomba has completed a port visit to Brunei, as part of a three month South East Asia deployment. HMAS Toowoomba will join Exercise Bersama Shield, a multilateral ...

The Australian Labor government, backed by the media, has provocatively inflated a minor naval incident involving Australian and Chinese naval ships in waters off Japan and China into an international ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The safety and wellbeing of Australian defence personnel is Canberra's "utmost priority" and Australia expects all countries to operate militaries in a safe and professional ...

Tears of joy and ecstatic cheers greeted the crew of HMAS Toowoomba as she pulled into her home port at Fleet Base West, Rockingham. Picture by Gabrielle Jeffery: Leading Seaman Matthew Hawkins, with ...

Able Seaman Boatswain's Mate Cameron Grant directs the coxswain of the Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat of HMAS Perth during a search for Flight MH370. EPA An Australian aircraft hunting for the missing ...

Australia has protested to Beijing that a Chinese fighter jet endangered an Australian navy helicopter with flares in international waters, officials said Monday. The incident occurred on Saturday as ...

SEOUL, South Korea — A Chinese destroyer has injured divers operating off an Australian frigate in a highly unusual incident in international waters off Japan’s coast. According to information ...

Australia’s prime minister has accused the Chinese navy of “dangerous, unsafe and unprofessional” conduct after an incident in international waters near Japan, marking a potential friction point with ...