The Australian Lawyers Alliance, a civil rights group, called the deployment a "concerning use" of the army in a liberal democracy. The outbreak has largely affected critical workers and large ...

Australian military aircraft and vessels will be deployed to help emergency services in the fire-ravaged states of New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria. Thousands of people fled to beaches in the ...

The military cooperation ... Japan's Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade, an elite marine unit, will be deployed to Darwin to work and train alongside Australian and US forces regularly.

Australia, Japan and the US on Sunday committed to closer military cooperation in training their forces, agreeing to the regular deployment of Japanese troops in northern Australia's Darwin.