Ben Roberts-Smith outside the Federal Court in 2022.

‘Person 17’:Conversation with Ben Roberts-Smith’s ex-lover at centre of appeal bid

Three judges will hear Ben Roberts-Smith’s application to introduce a leaked audio recording in evidence in his defamation appeal.

  • Michaela Whitbourn

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A generic photo of ADF soldier (main) and Melbourne-based academic Samantha Crompvoets (inset).

Whoever wins the election,stop the rot in Defence. We’re in peril as never before

Australia confronts the greatest ever threats to its security,yet our bloated defence aristocracy is intellectually stunted. We need urgent action – and that includes a debate on the introduction of national service.

  • Mick Ryan
New friends:Australian Army veterans Dominik Kul and Eamon Hale with Kul’s daughter Olivia,3,and Hale’s daughter Elizabeth,3.

Military veterans ditch the khaki for a parade of a different kind

A veterans’ march,but not as we know it,was held among Sunday joggers along Melbourne’s Tan.

  • Carolyn Webb
USS Minnesota (SSN-783) Virginia-class fast attack submarine off the WA Coast.

Australia is buying the ‘best submarines in the world’. Here’s what we’ll get

One of the US Navy’s most prized assets – a Virginia-class nuclear submarine – has been visiting Australia. We stepped aboard for a rare tour.

  • Matthew Knott
The Turnbull government promised in 2018 to gift two Black Hawk helicopters to the RFS.

The two Black Hawk helicopters restricted from helping in a disaster

The NSW Rural Fire Service is spending millions retrofitting two choppers,but it won’t be able to use them for floods,bushfires and other disasters.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Lara Bowden,10,playing in the mud in the wake of ex-cyclone Alfred,at Skennars Head in northern NSW

‘We need you’:NSW’s plea to rely on Defence in natural disasters

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred stalked the coast for days,but while the flooding risk for Lismore was downgraded,NSW is not out of the woods yet.

  • Matt Wade andChris Barrett
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Anthony Albanese spoke with UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at the weekend.

UK welcomes Albanese’s willingness to commit peacekeeping troops

Australia’s top military representative in Europe is preparing to head to Paris for high-powered talks on the future of Ukraine.

  • Matthew Knott
Nick Moir at the crash scene.

I dropped my camera and rushed to help after discovering mayhem of army trucks rollover

The Herald’s chief photographer Nick Moir was driving towards Lismore when he came across the accident involving two Australian Defence Force vehicles.

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A rescue operation got under way after an army tanker rolled south of Lismore.

Defence vehicles crash during flood rescue efforts,injuring 13

Thirteen people have been injured after two Australian Defence Force vehicles crashed near the flood-hit town of Lismore in northern NSW.

  • Carrie Fellner
Elbridge Colby

Trump admin to Australia:spending $56 billion on defence isn’t enough by half

One of Trump’s top Pentagon picks,Elbridge Colby,made the United States’ first explicit call for Australia to massively increase defence spending to counter China.

  • Matthew Knott