Strategic Analysis Australia Michael Shoebridge says the lack of knowledge on Chinese warship live fire drills off the coast of Australia is a “failure” of the Australian Defence Force. A recent ...

The Chief of the Defence Force ... fire,” he said on Friday. The next day Mr Albanese said “notification did occur of this event”. But it emerged in Senate estimates on Monday that ...

“If you know that the announcement about a live fire would happen ... has said the New Zealand Defence Force knew “at around the same time” and notified its Australian counterpart.

On Friday, it emerged the vessels had conducted live fire testing, leading to AirServices Australia issuing a warning to commercial aircraft to avoid the area. However, in a statement late on Friday, ...

Defence last week revealed it was monitoring two People’s Liberation Army-navy (PLA-N) frigates and a replenishment vessel in the Coral Sea off Queensland, as the ships conducted military exercises.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has addressed concerns that a Virgin pilot, rather than Australian defence officials, was the first to alert the country to a Chinese “live fire” military exercise.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been accused of keeping Australians in the dark about the Chinese navy’s failure to warn they would conduct live-fire ... the Australian Defence Force ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Breaking News. Followed categories will be added to My News. Defence last week revealed it was monitoring two People’s Liberation Army-navy (PLA-N) frigates ...