Declassified documents reveal what John Howard's cabinet considered, and ignored, when sending troops to Afghanistan.

The Australian government was warned against sending special forces to Afghanistan by its own defence minister in 2005, who ...

Defence officials told AFP that forces and assets were deployed as part of "Operation APEC Assist", which came at the request of the Papua New Guinea government.. Australia has deployed special forces ...

In a six-week period, the Howard government made two decisions that would reverberate through Australian politics for the ...

Ministry of Defence officials have been accused of putting the Special Forces at risk by revealing what would-be recruits must do to join the elite services. They have angered veterans of the famously ...