Abbott came to power last September partly because of his tough stance on asylum seekers, an issue that has polarized Australia since the first boats from Vietnam came in the 1970s.

USS Ohio (SSGN-726) arrived in Brisbane in late July as part of its regularly scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific.

The Royal Australian Navy has managed to integrate the Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk naval helicopter with a range of vessels that were not included in the original plans when Australia decided to ...

The Royal Australian Navy discovered the vessel last year some 200 miles east of Christmas Island, south of Java, but the announcement of the discovery was withheld to coincide with Veterans Day.