Royal Australian Navy – The United States is negotiating a new defence treaty covering the use of the high-tech North West Cape naval communications base in Western Australia to maintain contact with its submarines operating in the region, using very low frequency radio.

• The Age: US Navy keen on WA return

Royal Navy – The British continue to hunt drug smugglers in the Caribbean.

• BBC: Warship intercepts £20m of cocaine

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