The Australian Defence Force missed a warning from Chinese warships of live fire drills in the Tasman Sea because it did not have access to the radio frequency the vessels were using, a senate ...

There has been a steady buildup of People's Liberation Army naval capacity ... to the ADF at 11.01am. The ADF Chief had a conversation with Mr Albanese about the drills at 4pm.

Queensland Police Service Acting Inspector Leon Wort confirmed the device found on a Gold Coast beach was an "inert practice torpedo" used during an ADF drill off the coast in recent months.

Earlier, Admiral Johnston said the ADF learnt of the Chinese live fire drills 12 minutes after the ... of a highly capable People’s Liberation Army task group to conduct live fire activities ...