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US Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Daryl Caudle during his visit to Perth on March 24, 2026.

US Admiral stares down AUKUS doubters over WA’s submarine deadline

US Naval Operations Chief Admiral Daryl Caudle visited HMAS Stirling and Rockingham in Perth’s south on his Australian trip.

  • Hamish Hastie

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HMAS Arunta, an ageing Anzac-class frigate, is set to be retired this year.

Dire strait: No ships for Trump’s mission from Australia’s shrinking fleet

The navy has a shrinking fleet of warships, set to include just nine surface combatants by the end of the year, down from 11 two years ago. As one expert put it: “we simply don’t have enough ships”.

  • Matthew Knott
Taryn Dickens is Australia’s first vision impaired athlete to compete in biathlon and cross-country skiing at a Paralympic Games.

When athlete Taryn Dickens aims her rifle, she closes her eyes. This is why

Taryn Dickens is the first Australian to compete in the para-biathlon at a Paralympic Games with a visual impairment.

  • Frances Howe
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When two tribes hit the floor

Members show their true colours.

Rescue workers and residents search through the rubble in the aftermath of what Iranian officials said was an Israeli-US strike on a girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran, on Saturday.

The stakes for Australia in Trump’s Iran gamble

The US-Israel attack on Iran is high-risk. It may fail. It may distract America from the Indo-Pacific, but if it succeeds, it could also strengthen deterrence in our region and enhance Australia’s security.

  • Jennifer Parker
Matt Brumby

Matt got Australia to the Paralympics. But he might not get to go

Para-biathlon athlete Matt Brumby has spent five years and thousands of dollars chasing his dream of competing at next month’s Milano Cortina Winter Paralympics. It finally paid off … but there’s a catch.

  • Frances Howe
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HMS Anson, Britain’s newest Astute-class submarine.

British submarine arrives for ‘extraordinary’ AUKUS visit

A UK nuclear-powered attack submarine will spend a month in Australia despite the problems plaguing the British navy’s ability to send its vessels to sea.

  • Matthew Knott
A Virginia-class fast attack submarine off the coast of Western Australia in February.

Looming shift in US Navy strategy bodes well for Australia’s subs

There are also signs the lagging rate of US submarine production is improving.

  • Michael Koziol
The chair of the NATO military committee, Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone.

NATO chief plans Australian visit with China concerns a top priority

While Donald Trump’s push to control Greenland is grabbing the headlines, NATO’s top military brass warn that threats in Asia will have global ramifications.

  • David Crowe
Rothesay Swan as a teenager at war on the HMAS Shropshire, left, and at his home in Killara in 2004.

Sent to war aged 16, rear admiral learnt to ‘grit your teeth and get on with it’

Australia’s last surviving flag-rank World War II naval veteran has died, aged 99.

  • Aidan Elwig Pollock