When parliamentarians left Canberra on Thursday after the fortnight sitting, federal politics had the air of an uneasy waiting game. Waiting for the election date, although the campaign has been ...

Australia’s defence minister said that a Chinese fighter jet released flares that passed within 30 metres of an Australian ...

Australia has condemned a perilous encounter over the South China Sea, accusing a Chinese fighter jet of releasing flares ...

China in turn accused the Australian plane of "deliberately" intruding into airspace over the disputed Paracel Islands, ...

Canberra says Chinese jet dropped flares nears its air force plane as China accuses Australia of airspace intrusion.

Flares released by a Chinese pilot came within 30 metres of an Australian P-8 surveillance plane, according to the Australian ...

Australia has protested what it describes as an unsafe and unprofessional interaction over the South China Sea where a ...

Australia has raised concerns with China over what it said was “unsafe and unprofessional” actions by a Chinese fighter jet towards an Australian maritime patrol in the South China Sea on Tuesday. A ...

An Australian military aircraft has been targeted by a Chinese fighter jet after what Beijing described as "deliberate ...