Defence Forces

A year on from the landmark Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide, ADF members say cultural issues have not been addressed.

Documents investigating the 2023 helicopter crash, today released by the government, identified failings by the Department of Defence.

They served their country, but veterans are struggling to find GPs that accept the veteran healthcare card, leaving them stranded.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says more strikes "deep" within Russia are on the cards after a series of drone attacks against Ukraine's power grid.

Captain Danniel Lyon, Lieutenant Maxwell Nugent, Warrant Officer Class 2 Joseph "Phillip" Laycock and Corporal Alexander Naggs died in the 2023 Taipan crash.

A new report urges the Trump administration not to abandon the defence agreement, but also calls on Australia to give "concrete" commitments on how it would deploy Virginia-class nuclear powered submarines in the event of war.

Houthi media outlets say two people are dead. Israel says the strikes were retaliation for a missile launch by the Houthis on Friday. 

The firing of the head of the US Defense Intelligency Agency (DIA) Lieutenant General Jeffery Kruse comes after the DIA produced a preliminary assessment that said US strikes on Iran set back Tehran's nuclear program by just a few months.

As the IDF begins what could be the bloodiest phase yet of the war in Gaza, opposition to the conflict inside the IDF — both among leadership and the rank and file — is becoming more and more common.

A former special forces trooper will be the first Australian soldier to stand trial for a war crime, more than 13 years after he shot dead a villager in an Afghan field.

The comments from Israeli officials came after Hamas accepted a ceasefire proposal that would see half of the hostages still in Gaza released.

An Australian Navy destroyer joins ships from the Philippines and Canada for a joint sail in the South China Sea, an area of flaring tensions following a collision between two Chinese vessels last week.

Aia Newport is calling for an audit into the council's ties to Israel and a ban on Pine Gap, the US military and its official representatives from community events.

The Avenue of Honour in the WA city of Albany pays tribute to fallen soldiers. A community project, which has included inmates from a low security prison, has helped revitalise the important landmark.

A senior US senator says the Albanese government deserves more credit for its level of defence spending but should still go further.

Christopher Luxon embraces Anthony Albanese ahead of their seventh meeting as prime ministers, after Mr Albanese was welcomed to the country with a traditional Māori pōwhiri ceremony.

The two leaders are also expected to discuss their positions on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and recognising Palestinian statehood.

The Israeli security cabinet's decision marks another escalation of Israel's 22-month military offensive in Gaza, although Benjamin Netanyahu's office has not said when the assault could begin.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has met with senior security officials to finalise a new strategy for the war in Gaza, with Israeli media reporting he is leaning towards a complete military takeover of the strip.

Facing domestic pressure and international condemnation, Benjamin Netanyahu will convene a meeting of his security cabinet to consider the Israeli military's next moves.