Royal Australian Navy – The asylum seekers have been transferred from the Norwegian freighter to the troop carrier HMAS Manoora which will take them to Papau New Guinea from where they will fly to their final destinations in New Zealand and Nauru.

• BBC: Refugees moved to troop carrier
  

• ITN: Navy ship set to pick up immigrants
  

Royal Australian Navy – Meanwhile, Australia vows to more aggressively patrol its territorial waters, to halt future such incursions.

• The Australian: Boats to patrol waters off Java
  

Background – US Defense Reform – Maybe the defense review is going exactly as planned???

• Washington Times: Savaging Donald Rumsfeld