However, the drone was also spotted from the PNG mainland, at least 6 kilometres inland from the coast. "These drones could … help the Chinese better understand the environment they're operating in.

Unsurprisingly then, Operation Sovereign Borders moves away from the foreign policy domain and presents a defence and security-centric response. It will, through a joint taskforce, allow for the ...

There’s a Border Force presence on Thursday Island. It’s focused on illegal fishing, particularly by Indonesian fisherman, and on stopping drug and human smuggling from PNG to northern Australia.

Just when you thought being “tough on borders” couldn’t get any more serious, along comes the Coalition’s Operation Sovereign Borders. It’s got all the right elements of a plan: it’s ...