New agreement allows civilian ships to transfer to Defence flag in times of crisis. The Australian Navy has a new plan to bolster our forces if an enemy ship were to pose a national security threat.

Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has blasted the behaviour of Australian troops who flew a Nazi flag above an army vehicle in Afghanistan in 2007 as "completely and utterly unacceptable".

A LEAKED photo of an Australian Army vehicle flying the Nazi swastika flag is being slammed as “abhorrent” and “absolutely wrong”.

Images from the new Defence Force recruitment campaign Credit: Defence. Already more than 30 per cent of the ADF's existing culturally and linguistically diverse workforce are employed in STEM roles.

Exclusive: Civilian ships can be seconded into military operations in times of crisis or emergencies under a Defence move to pool maritime resources to “advance national interests”.