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Video recording device found in cabin of HMAS Leeuwin navy ship in Cairns
By Josh Butler
Defence announcement comes after Jacqui Lambie tells parliament a camera had been found concealed in a women’s shower on board
#RoyalAustralianNavy #Australianmilitary #Cairns #Australianews #JacquiLambie #Queensland #TheGuardian #JoshButler
Video recording device found in cabin of HMAS Leeuwin navy ship in Cairns https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/14/video-recording-device-found-in-cabin-of-hmas-leeuwin-navy-ship-in-cairns #AustralianMilitary #Cairns #AustraliaNews #JacquiLambie #Queensland
Ben Roberts-Smith attends Canberra event honouring Australian troops who served in Afghanistan https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/11/ben-roberts-smith-attends-canberra-event-honouring-australian-troops-who-served-in-afghanistan-ntwnfb #BenRobertssmith #Canberra #AustraliaNews #AustralianMilitary
Australian soldier killed and five others injured in training exercise in the NT https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/06/australian-defence-force-soldier-killed-five-injuried-mount-bundey-training-northern-territory #AustralianMilitary #AustraliaNews #NorthernTerritory
Hegseth calls US-built nuclear submarines the ‘apex predator’ of the seas. But are they right for Australia?
By Ben Doherty
Some experts argue Virginia-class submarines government is buying second-hand are good for fighting American wars, but not for defending Australia
#RoyalAustralianNavy #Aukus #Australianews #PeteHegseth #Australianmilitary #Australianforeignpolicy #RichardMarles #Australianpolitics #TheGuardian #BenDoherty
Is Andrew Hastie launching a Coalition fightback against One Nation? - podcast
By Presented by Reged Ahmad with Tom McIlroy. Produced by Taylah Strano with sound design and mixing by Lu Hill. The executive producers are Hannah Parkes and Molly Glassey
As One Nation squeezes the Liberal vote, Andrew Hastie’s clash with Pauline Hanson over a video calling him a traitor has exposed deep faultlines across the Australia’s political right.
#Australianpolitics #AndrewHastie #Liberalparty #Australianews #AngusTaylor #OneNation #PaulineHanson #BenRobertsSmith #Coalition #Australianmilitary #TheGuardian #PresentedbyRegedAhmadwithTomMcIlroyProducedbyTaylahStranowithsounddesign #mixingbyLuHillTheexecutiveproducersareHannahParkes #MollyGlassey
Intruder on the run after allegedly breaking into RAAF base in Darwin and assaulting defence force member https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/15/intruder-on-the-run-after-allegedly-breaking-into-raaf-base-in-darwin-and-assaulting-defence-force-member-ntwnfb #Darwin #NorthernTerritory #AustraliaNews #AustralianMilitary
As China rises, Australia is increasingly enmeshed in the US war machine. Is the alliance still worth the risk?
By Ben Doherty
Australia is being exploited by an ally that could draw it, however unwillingly, into war with China, experts warn
#Australianmilitary #Australianews #Australianforeignpolicy #KevinRudd #Australianpolitics #USmilitary #TheGuardian #BenDoherty
As China rises, Australia is increasingly enmeshed in the US war machine. Is the alliance still worth the risk? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/12/rise-of-china-is-australia-us-alliance-still-worth-the-risk-kevin-rudd #AustralianMilitary #AustraliaNews #AustralianForeignPolicy #KevinRudd #AustralianPolitics #UsMilitary
Grassroots Labor group urges Albanese government to chart course away from ‘American war machine’
By Ben Doherty
Pressure follows revelations US military and weapons manufacturers control or have access to more than 100 bases across Australian continent
#Australianmilitary #Australianews #Australianforeignpolicy #PennyWong #USmilitary #Australianpolitics #Laborparty #Aukus #TheGuardian #BenDoherty
Grassroots Labor group urges Albanese government to chart course away from ‘American war machine’ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/08/grassroots-labor-pressure-group-albanese-government-us-military-war-machine #AustralianMilitary #AustraliaNews #AustralianForeignPolicy #PennyWong #UsMilitary #AustralianPolitics #LaborParty #Aukus
US military presence in Australia, mapped – video
By Presented and produced by Bertin Huynh with Ben Doherty , additional production by Aine Hamilton and Rafqa Touma , executive producers are Molly Glassey and Michael Kalenderian
Research by the Nautilus Institute has revealed what some analysts have labelled a 'colonisation' of Australia's military by the United States. With more than half of the military facilities in Australia having either US military or military corporate access, many are asking – could this drag Australia unwillingly into war?
https://www.theguardian.com/global/video/2026/sep/07/us-military-presence-in-australia-mapped-video
#Australianmilitary #Australianews #USmilitary #Espionage #Surveillance #Australianforeignpolicy #Weaponstechnology #TheGuardian #Presented #producedbyBertinHuynhwithBenDoherty #additionalproductionbyAineHamilton #RafqaTouma #executiveproducersareMollyGlassey #MichaelKalenderian
The US now has access to more than half Australia’s military bases – could it drag the country unwillingly into war?
By Ben Doherty, Andy Ball and Nick Evershed
Exclusive: US-controlled weapons corporations and forces have control or access to more than 100 facilities across the continent, which some analysts describe as a ‘colonisation’ of Australia’s military. Find a map of them here
#Australianmilitary #Australianforeignpolicy #USmilitary #Australianpolitics #Australianews #USnews #RichardMarles #Weaponstechnology #Aukus #ChristopherPyne #China #AsiaPacific #Worldnews #DonaldTrump #Trumpadministration #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Espionage #Surveillance #TheGuardian #BenDoherty #AndyBall #NickEvershed
Why are there so many US military bases in Australia, and could they drag us unwillingly into war? - podcast
By Presented by Reged Ahmad with Ben Doherty; produced by Cheyne Anderson and Lu Hill; sound design and mixing by Jacob Round; the executive producer is Hannah Parkes
Dotted like an outline around parts of Australia’s coast are military bases – the majority of which the US has control of or access to. Now a special Guardian investigation reveals the breadth of Donald Trump’s US military presence in the country, to a scale that the Australian public might not be aware of. Some analysts are warning it represents a ‘saturation’ or ‘colonisation’ of the Australian continent.
#Australianmilitary #Australianforeignpolicy #USmilitary #Weaponstechnology #Surveillance #Espionage #Australianews #TheGuardian #PresentedbyRegedAhmadwithBenDoherty #producedbyCheyneAnderson #LuHill #sounddesign #mixingbyJacobRound #theexecutiveproducerisHannahParkes
The US now has access to more than half Australia’s military bases – could it drag the country unwillingly into war? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/07/us-military-bases-in-australia-map-list-spy-satellite-pine-gap #AustralianMilitary #AustralianForeignPolicy #UsMilitary #AustralianPolitics #AustraliaNews #UsNews #RichardMarles #WeaponsTechnology #Aukus #ChristopherPyne #China #AsiaPacific #WorldNews #DonaldTrump #TrumpAdministration...
Jacqui Lambie shares prolapse story and slams veterans' affairs women's health services – video
By Guardian Staff
'They want us to fight for this country. You want us to have babies for the country,' says Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie in an impassioned speech on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday. 'But [the Department of Veterans' Affairs is] not interested in supporting our reproductive systems.' She adds: 'Either DVA don't know that female veterans have vaginas or they actually don't care.'
#Australianpolitics #JacquiLambie #Australianmilitary #Health #Womenshealth #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
Cherry blossoms planted 30 years ago to honour Vietnam vets are dying
As veterans and their families commemorate 60 years since the deadliest day of the Vietnam War for Australian…
#Australia #AU #Australianmilitary #australianveterans #australianwarmemorial #Austrlia #BowralVietnamWarMemorial #BowralVietnamWarMemorialCherryTreeWalk #CraigTibbetts #TheBattleofLongTan #TonyBlake #vietnamwar
https://www.europesays.com/australia/74410/
3M knew for more than 50 years that its products could harm humans, Australian government alleges in court documents https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/18/3m-knew-for-more-than-50-years-that-its-products-could-harm-humans-australian-government-alleges-in-court-documents #Pfas #AustraliaNews #Environment #Pollution #AustralianLaw #AustralianMilitary
3M knew for more than 50 years that its products could harm humans, Australian government alleges in court documents
By Tom McIlroy Political editor
Exclusive: federal government court filings claim internal company documents included warnings about products being toxic
#Pfas #Australianews #Environment #Pollution #Australianlaw #Australianmilitary #TheGuardian #TomMcIlroyPoliticaleditor
Abbas fought the Taliban alongside US and Australian troops. Now exiled in Iran, he feels abandoned
By Ben Doherty
Five years after the fall of Kabul, the former Afghan soldier is stuck in the middle of a new American war
#Afghanistan #Worldnews #Australianews #Australianmilitary #Australianimmigrationandasylum #USnews #TheGuardian #BenDoherty
David McBride leaves prison on parole after being jailed for leaking Afghanistan war documents https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/13/david-mcbride-released-jail-prison-parole #AustralianMilitary #AustralianLaw #AustraliaNews #AustralianCapitalTerritory
Malcolm Turnbull says faith in Aukus nuclear submarines deal is 'stark staring bonkers' – video https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2026/aug/10/malcolm-turnbull-says-faith-in-aukus-nuclear-submarines-deal-is-stark-staring-bonkers-video #Aukus #MalcolmTurnbull #AustralianMilitary #AustralianPolitics #AustraliaNews #UsNews
Forced out of Australia’s military due to his sexuality, David says an apology is ‘long overdue’ for veterans like him
By Tom McIlroy and Krishani Dhanji
Exclusive: ADF personnel who were discriminated against for being LGBTQ+ are owed a national apology, federal government told
#Australianmilitary #Australianpolitics #LGBTQrights #TheGuardian #TomMcIlroy #KrishaniDhanji
Top guns buzz the Top End: the 2026 Pitch Black flying display dazzles Darwin – in pictures
By Photographs by Michael Currie, Australian Associated Press
Royal Australian Air Force and foreign pilots return to Mindil beach in the Northern Territory’s capital at sunset for the city’s biennial aerial show.
#Darwin #Australianews #Photography #Australianmilitary #TheGuardian #PhotographsbyMichaelCurrie #AustralianAssociatedPress
Labor has a proud history of debate. So why won’t it interrogate the $368bn Aukus pact?
By Peter Garrett
Despite substantial reservations about the submarine deal, it’s unlikely to be seriously examined at the ALP national conference
#Aukus #Laborparty #Australianpolitics #Australianmilitary #TheGuardian #PeterGarrett
How will Australia’s emergency services cope if satellites go down? With a sextant and a street directory https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/23/australia-emergency-services-satellites-down #AustraliaNews #Space #EmergencyServices #SouthAustralia #Science #AustralianMilitary
Labor has a proud history of debate. So why won’t it interrogate the $368bn Aukus pact? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/23/alp-conference-why-wont-labor-interrogate-aukus-nuclear-submarines #Aukus #LaborParty #AustralianPolitics #AustralianMilitary
How will Australia’s emergency services cope if satellites go down? With a sextant and a street directory
By Tory Shepherd
Military and SES personnel being taught analog communication and navigation techniques as experts warn solar flare could knock out ‘critical space infrastructure’
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/23/australia-emergency-services-satellites-down
#Australianews #Space #Emergencyservices #SouthAustralia #Science #Australianmilitary #TheGuardian #ToryShepherd
Off limits to Sydneysiders for more than a century, secretive Spectacle Island is coming up for sale
By Nick Visser
The Sydney Harbour landmark with its ‘falling down’ heritage-listed buildings is one of 67 Defence-owned properties to be sold – but who will buy it?
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/06/sydney-spectacle-island-coming-up-for-sale
#Sydney #RoyalAustralianNavy #Australianews #NewSouthWales #Housing #Australianmilitary #NickVisser
AFP assessing allegation of Gaza war crimes committed by Australian citizen serving in IDF
By Ben Doherty
Claims against Israel Defense Forces battalion include deliberate targeting and destruction of residential buildings in 2023 and 2024 without military justification<br />
#IsraelGazawar #Australianmilitary #Gaza #Israel #Australianews #Warcrimes #Humanrights #Palestine #BenDoherty
AFP assessing allegation of Gaza war crimes committed by Australian citizen serving in IDF https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/03/afp-investigating-alleged-war-crimes-committed-by-australian-citizen-serving-in-idf-in-gaza-ntwnfb #AustralianMilitary #IsraelgazaWar #Gaza #Israel #AustraliaNews #WarCrimes
Ben Roberts-Smith’s bail varied so alleged war criminal can attend Australian War Memorial opening https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/16/ben-roberts-smith-bail-varied-changed-alleged-war-criminal-can-attend-australian-war-memorial-opening-ntwnfb #BenRobertssmith #AustralianMilitary #AustralianWarMemorial #AustraliaNews
What’s a few secondhand subs between friends? Aukus revision shows how the US treats its allies. Will Australia stand for it? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/03/aukus-defence-deal-secondhand-submarines-australia-us-alliance #Aukus #RichardMarles #PeteHegseth #AustralianMilitary #AustraliaNews #UsPolitics #AustralianPolitics
Coalition Queries Speed of Roberts-Smith Charges
Coalition questions Attorney-General Michelle Rowland's speed in laying war crime charges against Ben Roberts-Smith after receiving briefing.
#RobertsSmithCharges, #WarCrimesAustralia, #MichelleRowland, #AustralianMilitary, #LegalScrutiny
https://newsletter.tf/roberts-smith-war-crime-charges-speed-questioned/
Charges were laid against Ben Roberts-Smith within two days of the Attorney-General receiving a briefing package, a timeline now under scrutiny.
#RobertsSmithCharges, #WarCrimesAustralia, #MichelleRowland, #AustralianMilitary, #LegalScrutiny
https://newsletter.tf/roberts-smith-war-crime-charges-speed-questioned/
New Aukus drone subs to protect critical undersea cables as Marles warns: ‘seabed is a battlefield’
By Ben Doherty
Minister at Singapore defence summit also reveals Australia to buy only second-hand Aukus submarines from US
#RichardMarles #Australianpolitics #Australianews #China #PeteHegseth #AsiaPacific #Trumpadministration #Australianmilitary #BenDoherty
A Port Kembla nuclear submarine base would ‘place a massive target on our backs’, NSW labour union warns https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/17/port-kembla-nsw-aukus-nuclear-submarine-base-outcry-nsw-labour-union #NewSouthWales #AustralianMilitary #Aukus #AustraliaNews #NuclearPower #AustralianPolitics #LaborParty #AustralianTradeUnions #NewSouthWalesPolitics
Australian military plane to join efforts to reopen strait of Hormuz, as Marles leaves door open to sending more assets https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/13/australia-strait-hormuz-wedgetail-iran-war-oil-crisis #AustralianMilitary #StraitOfHormuz #Iran #LaborParty #AustraliaNews #UsisraelWarOnIran
Aukus costs balloon with more cash and staff for submarine agency amid ongoing search for nuclear waste dump https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/12/australia-federal-budget-2026-aukus-submarines-nuclear-defence-spending #AustralianBudget2026 #Aukus #AustralianPolitics #AustralianMilitary #RoyalAustralianNavy #RichardMarles #AustraliaNews
Soldier dies during parachute training incident at Jervis Bay – the second such death in two years https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/12/adf-soldier-dies-parachute-training-jervis-bay #AustralianMilitary #AustraliaNews #NewSouthWales
Gina Rinehart calls for immigrants’ social media to be screened in Anzac memorial speech https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/27/gina-rinehart-immigrant-social-media-screening-anzac-day-sydney-opera-house-ntwnfb #GinaRinehart #AnzacDay #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #AustraliaNews #BondiBeachTerrorAttack #Sydney #SocialMedia #AustralianMilitary
As the Anzac Day bugles echo, it’s time to burst Australia’s defence complacency | Julianne Schultz https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/26/anzac-day-australia-defence-complacency #AustralianForeignPolicy #AustraliaNews #AsiaPacific #AnzacDay #AustralianMilitary
Anzac Day isn’t what it used to be – 111 years on, what place does it have in modern Australia? | Paul Daley https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/25/anzac-day-2026-what-does-it-mean-place-modern-australia-ntwnfb #AnzacDay #AustralianMilitary #Religion #AustraliaNews #AustralianWarMemorial #FrontierWars
Ben Roberts-Smith to attend first Anzac Day service since war crime charges https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/24/ben-roberts-smith-anzac-day-service-queensland-ntwnfb #BenRobertssmith #AnzacDay #AustraliaNews #AustralianMilitary
Ben Roberts-Smith planned to leave Australia and researched buying wellness business in Spain, court documents show https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/23/ben-roberts-smith-planned-to-leave-australia-and-researched-buying-wellness-business-in-spain-court-documents-show #BenRobertssmith #AustraliaNews #AustralianMilitary
Ben Roberts-Smith’s comrades say he ordered them to execute unarmed civilians, court documents show https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/17/ben-roberts-smiths-comrades-say-he-ordered-them-to-execute-unarmed-civilians-court-documents-show-ntwnfb #BenRobertssmith #AustraliaNews #AustralianMilitary
No ‘specific request’ to help US in strait of Hormuz, Marles says, as Trump repeats criticism of Australia https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/17/donald-trump-criticises-australia-strait-of-hormuz #AustralianForeignPolicy #RichardMarles #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #AustralianMilitary #DonaldTrump #StraitOfHormuz #UsisraelWarOnIran #LaborParty
Ben Roberts-Smith’s arrest won’t erase the pain for Afghans – but it shows Australia is willing to face uncomfortable truths | Shadi Khan Saif https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/14/ben-roberts-smith-afghanistan-australia-truth-ntwnfb #BenRobertssmith #Afghanistan #AustraliaNews #AustralianMilitary
The Iran war has heightened the nuclear and climate threat. Australia must help the world step back from the brink | Chris Barrie https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2026/apr/13/iran-war-trump-nuclear-climate-threat-australia-role-responsibility #AustralianForeignPolicy #NuclearWeapons #UsisraelWarOnIran #ClimateCrisis #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #AustraliaNews #AustralianMilitary #FossilFuels
Anxiety about national security is surging among ordinary Australians. And it starts at their front door | Julianne Schultz https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/29/surging-anxiety-australia-national-security-patriotism-ntwnfb #AustralianMilitary #AustraliaNews #OneNation #SouthAustralia
Australian soldiers’ bodies ‘very likely’ disturbed by Israeli bulldozing at Gaza cemetery, senator says
By Ben Doherty and Christopher Knaus
David Pocock’s comments come as new photos show scale of damage and government official says its ‘quite possible’ bodies disturbed
#Australianmilitary #Gaza #Israel #Australianpolitics #DavidPocock #IsraelGazawar #Australianews #BenDoherty #ChristopherKnaus
Australia’s blind refusal to question Trump’s bombing of Iran risks ensnaring us in a dangerous folly | Paul Daley https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/09/australia-support-trump-bombing-iran-dangerous-folly #UsisraelWarOnIran #AustralianPolitics #Aukus #AustralianForeignPolicy #AustralianMilitary
Australian defence force expands space workforce as new specialist training centre unveiled https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/09/australian-defence-force-space-command-workforce-new-specialist-training-centre-canberra #AustralianMilitary #Space #Canberra #AustraliaNews
What is happening in Gaza is the End of Civilisation, a retreat into the barbarity and lies of the 20th Century...
#Gaza #WarGraves #IDF #UKMilitary #AustralianMilitary #Palestine #Israel #Colonialism #Fascism
Not delivering any Aukus nuclear submarines to Australia explored as option in US congressional report https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/05/not-delivering-any-aukus-nuclear-submarines-to-australia-explored-as-option-in-us-congressional-report #Aukus #AustraliaNews #UsMilitary #AustralianMilitary #UsPolitics #UsNews
‘Unfathomable’: Australian veterans disgusted by Trump’s claim allied troops ‘stayed a little back’ from frontline https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/24/unfathomable-australian-veterans-disgusted-by-trumps-claim-allied-troops-stayed-a-little-back-from-frontline #DonaldTrump #Afghanistan #AnthonyAlbanese #RichardMarles #AustraliaNews #Nato #AustralianMilitary #Aukus
War and truth-telling warrant reflection this Remembrance Day. That takes more than a minute | Paul Daley https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/10/australia-remembrance-day-war-truth-telling #Australianmilitary #Australianews #Aukus
Aukus should expand to other shipbuilding nations, US congressman suggests, as Albanese returns to Australia https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/23/aukus-should-expand-us-congressman-shipbuilding-nations #Australianmilitary #Australianpolitics #AnthonyAlbanese #Australianews #USCongress #USpolitics #Aukus
Billion-dollar coffins? New technology could make oceans transparent and Aukus submarines vulnerable https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/14/aukus-australian-submarines-vulnerable-new-technology #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Australianforeignpolicy #Australianmilitary #Australianpolitics #Weaponstechnology #Australianews #RichardMarles #Nuclearpower #Surveillance #Environment #AsiaPacific #Technology #Worldnews #Computing #Science #Oceans #Aukus #China
Billion-dollar coffins? New technology could make oceans transparent and Aukus submarines vulnerable https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/14/aukus-australian-submarines-vulnerable-new-technology #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Australianforeignpolicy #Australianmilitary #Australianpolitics #Weaponstechnology #Australianews #RichardMarles #Nuclearpower #Surveillance #Environment #AsiaPacific #Technology #Worldnews #Computing #Science #Oceans #Aukus #China