Declassified documents reveal what John Howard's cabinet considered, and ignored, when sending troops to Afghanistan.

In a six-week period, the Howard government made two decisions that would reverberate through Australian politics for the ...

Defence officials told AFP that forces and assets were deployed as part of "Operation APEC Assist", which came at the request of the Papua New Guinea government.. Australia has deployed special forces ...

The Australian government was warned against sending special forces to Afghanistan by its own defence minister in 2005, who ...

Australia is grappling with trying to investigate veterans accused of misconduct during the long war in Afghanistan, while the price tag for litigation keeps rising. The Australian government has ...

Ministry of Defence officials have been accused of putting the Special Forces at risk by revealing what would-be recruits must do to join the elite services. They have angered veterans of the famously ...

Previously confidential cabinet papers from 2005 show key Howard ministers and government departments recommended against sending Australian special forces back into Afghanistan in 2005. Plus, Germany ...

The Australian Capital Territory’s Court of Appeal yesterday rejected a bid by David McBride to have his sentence reduced, as well as a challenge by the whistleblower against the authoritarian legal ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian army whistleblower David McBride, who leaked allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan to the media, lost a court bid to have his prison sentence ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Australia on Friday launched its largest military exercises with Philippine forces, involving more than 3,600 military personnel in live-fire drills, battle maneuvers and a ...