Australia learned about Chinese live-fire naval drills off the country’s coast that forced dozens of flights to be diverted ...

Both exercises took place in "international waters”, which means no country has sovereignty over them. Neither Canberra nor Wellington contested China’s right to conduct these exercises, as the 1982 ...

However, Australian and Kiwi responses were muted and in sharp contrast with how the PLA reacts to foreign naval transits through the South China Sea or Taiwan Strait. On such occasions, China can ...

Three Chinese warships are currently off the coast of Tasmania, forcing Air New Zealand flights between Hobart and Auckland ...

China set off some alarm bells in New Zealand and Australia in February, as the nation participated in live-fire testing in a ...

Australia warned airlines flying between Australian airports and New Zealand to beware of Chinese warships potentially conducting a live-fire exercise in the Tasman Sea ...

Airservices Australia has revealed that a Virgin Airlines pilot was the first to spot three Chinese warships off Australia's ...

Speaking before Senate Estimates on Monday, CEO Rob Sharp said Airservices had found out about the naval exercises at 9:58am, ...

The three Chinese navy ships in the Tasman Sea have moved slightly closer to The ships have been sailing in international waters off Australia’s east coast an ...

The three Chinese navy ships in the Tasman Sea have moved slightly closer to Australia. The ships have been sailing in ...

The head of Airservices Australia, which manages air traffic, also revealed the exercises forced dozens of flights to change ...

The presence of Chinese warships in the Tasman Sea, a relatively rare occurrence, has raised eyebrows in Australia and New Zealand.