Tom Lowrey

Australian Border Force officers are tipped off to containers suspected of carrying illicit tobacco, resulting in millions of cigarettes being seized.

The billions of dollars in additional funding is another step towards making Australia's nuclear submarine program "a reality".

Partnered Health, which operates more than 50 general practice and skin cancer clinics across Australia, has identified more than a dozen clinics where it fears patient information was taken.

The Australian Signals Directorate says hackers are trying to access information through network devices, such as laptops, which use old software and predictable passwords.

A digital alternative to incoming passenger cards filled out by everyone entering Australia is to be implemented in the next two years.

A security industry insider tells the ABC the agency cannot afford to "just hire dweebs" as ASIS pivots to a new recruitment strategy aimed at women. 

Australia and the United States' initial positions about delivering a new submarine under AUKUS differed, Senate estimates has revealed.

Defence Minister Richard Marles says expanding Australia's fleet of autonomous and uncrewed systems will help keep the nation safe and boost Australia's sovereign defence industry.

Australia will join a virtual meeting of 35 countries to discuss plans to reopen and secure the Strait of Hormuz, and ease the oil shock rocking global markets.

With the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed, world oil markets rattled and no obvious off-ramp to the hostilities in sight, the major parties have dialled back their initial optimism.