Hussein Chamas frantically flashed his torch at a yacht anchored off the Arnhem Land stretch of sand just outside Nhulunbuy known by some as Galuru and others as East Woody Beach.

An accused drug trafficker who “fled rehab” in NSW unwittingly sailed into a border force operation targeting sea cucumber poachers, derailing his plot to reach Indonesia.

The Australian Department of Defence has accepted the first Arafura class Offshore Patrol Vessel more than three years after ...

The Australian Department of Defence has accepted the first Arafura-class Offshore Patrol Vessel, NUSHIP Arafura, for testing ...

A man faces close to a year in custody before a drugs trial, with his bail revoked after missing a court date, before he was ...

A 51-year-old from the Netherlands has been arrested in Australia on suspicion of people smuggling, the police in the country ...

A fugitive has been captured on a boat in the Arafura Sea after allegedly escaping from rehab on the other side of the country and skipping out on a major drug trafficking trial.

2024 A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey performed deck landing qualifications on the HMAS Adelaide during a Wet and Dry Exercise Rehearsal in the Arafura Sea. The training exercise, which took ...

Hussein Chamas appeared in Darwin Local Court on Thursday, five days after his dramatic arrest on the Arafura Sea off the ...

The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) has taken delivery of the first Arafura-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV), NUSHIP Arafura, as part of Project SEA 1180. The Arafura-class OPVs are based on ...

Australia's Department of Defence (DoD) has taken delivery of the country's first Arafura-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV), the department disclosed in a statement ...

Defence has accepted the first Arafura class Offshore Patrol Vessel, NUSHIP Arafura, for further test and evaluation ahead of delivery to the Royal ...