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Hi-tech navy joins search for illegal fishers in QLD waters

The surveillance from Townsville down to the Fraser Coast included helicopters and radiation detection cameras

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22nd Dec. 2020 12:12 PM

Australia Defence Vessel Cape Inscription Navigation Officer Lieutenant Rhys Worboys and Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority officer Dwaine Butcher in front of Reef Ranger, a Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service vessel. Picture: Contributed

REUNITED: Bundy teen home after months on navy base

It’s the first time he’s seen his family in person since for nearly eight months. Read about his time training, life on...

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21st Dec. 2020 5:12 AM

WELCOME HOME: Zhannon's family welcomed him home at the Bundaberg Airport on Friday afternoon.

Council’s ‘share house’ offer to navy cadets

“THE Royal Australian Navy has provided in principle support to share that facility with other users.”

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17th Aug. 2020 12:08 AM

TS LIsmore navy cadets on parade at the Ballina Tattoo.

WATCH: Sneak peek inside the HMAS Gladstone attraction

Exclusive tour of much-anticipated project.

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16th July 2020 1:07 PM

A drone photo of the HMAS Gladstone at East Shores. Picture: Rodney Stevens

Looking back at 50 years of marriage

Sue and Allan Crawford have been married for 50 years and share their secret for a long marriage

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27th June 2020 5:06 AM

Allan and Sue Crawford are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. Picture: Tony Martin

Fremantle class patrol boat reunion

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15th March 2020 5:03 PM

David 'Dicko' Dixon with his old rack aboard HMAS Gladstone for the Fremantle Class Patrol Boat reunion, March 14, 2020. David was the chief boatswains mate on the ship 1986-1987.

Officer recounts strength from inside the fire zone

The resilience Lieutenant Commander Thomas Miller has witnessed from those who’ve lost their livelihoods is a solid...

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09th Jan. 2020 3:01 PM

SUPPORT: Lieutenant Commander Thomas Miller providing medical assistance to a local from the town of Towamba. Photo: ABIS Thomas Sawtell

Influential veteran honoured after long cancer battle

A man who dedicated his life to fighting for veterans’ rights, despite suffering a terminal illness, is being remembered as...

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31st Dec. 2019 6:12 AM

FOREVER REMEMBERED: Former RSL Queensland and Maroochydore RSL president Terry Meehan has passed away. Photo: Stuart Quinn.

‘Angels’: How aircrew heroes saved families from firestorm

A grateful father has told of the dramatic moment a Royal Australian Navy helicopter airlifted them away from the path of...

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23rd Dec. 2019 2:12 PM

'Angel' air crews save families from fires

Why a Royal Navy vessel has docked in Mackay

Navy crewmen will spend the next few days in the Mackay region

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19th July 2019 2:07 PM

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