Royal Australian Navy
Wartime submarine commander dodged torpedoes and collapsing ice
Michael Hickie, who has died aged 100, served with distinction in World War II and took a submarine beneath the icy depths of the North Pole.
- by Tim Barlass
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Floating ‘turkeys’: Is Australia spending $50bn on dud ships?
The Australian armada is sinking under a mountain of debt as it chases projects some argue aren’t fit for 21st century warfare.
- by Matthew Knott
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Navy firepower boost: Review wants more destroyers, fewer frigates
Three heavily armed air warfare destroyers would be added to the national fleet under a plan being considered by the federal government
- by Matthew Knott
A passage to military accord with India
The defence relationship that exists today between Australia and India would have been unimaginable a few decades ago.
- by Andrew Charlton
The Reporter podcast: Bullimore and the coin toss
This week on The Reporter podcast, Michael Thomson and Gary Adshead discuss the extraordinary rescue of missing round-the-world yachtsman Tony Bullimore.
Heads you keep the story, tails you lose: Reporting the Tony Bullimore rescue
“There’s something in the water,” I pointed and yelled from the deck of the warship. “There. He’s alive. There. It’s him.” But it still wasn’t my story to tell.
- by Gary Adshead
Australia should build its own nuke school, says navy chief
Vice Admiral Mark Hammond says Australia needs a nuclear power school if the country wants to be less reliant on the US.
- by Farrah Tomazin
The three Australians on track to become the Top Guns of the sea
In the deep, dark waters of the Pacific Ocean, these navy personnel could soon be breaking new ground for Australia.
- by Farrah Tomazin
The real-life navy story that reads like an episode of Utopia
This real-life submarine situation proved that Utopia is not so far from the truth.
- by Tony Wright
Cash boat purchase tips cops to 800 kilos of cocaine headed for Australia
A cabin cruiser in distress near Rottnest Island has led police to intercept one of Australia’s largest ever drug importations.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Garden Island ‘best site’ for cruise terminal after Yarra Bay scuttled
A decision to rule out constructing a cruise-ship terminal at Yarra Bay puts the naval base at Garden Island back on the agenda as a potential site.
- by Matt O'Sullivan