Download IPFS Royal Australian Navy (RAN) sailors sharpened their maritime security skills alongside US Coast Guard personnel in Darwin Harbour during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025. Using a transportable port security boat, the joint operation highlighted the strategic and economic importance of allied interoperability while raising questions about Australia’s reliance on[Read More…]

Download IPFS The 15th Australia-United Kingdom Ministerial Consultations (AUKMIN) took place in Sydney on 25 July 2025, with Australian and UK ministers advancing defence and economic cooperation amid ongoing global tensions. The talks reinforced the Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) partnership, although some critics have raised concerns about the economic costs[Read More…]

Download IPFS During Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025, held in Townsville, sappers constructed a Fixed Modular Bridge (FMB) to showcase their capacity to rapidly establish access in difficult terrain. The biennial exercise, involving 12 partner nations including the United States and United Kingdom, emphasised the strategic and economic importance of military[Read More…]

Download IPFS Defence Minister Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong will host UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Defence Secretary John Healey in Sydney on 25 July 2025 for the Australia–United Kingdom Ministerial Consultations (AUKMIN). This marks the second AUKMIN held since the UK’s Labour Government, led by Prime[Read More…]