Australian Army

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday demanded Beijing apologize after a top Chinese government spokesman posted a falsified image on Twitter on Sunday depicting an Australian soldier with his knife to a child’s throat, appearing to prepare to behead the child.

An Australian Army working dog shot five times by the Taliban has been posthumously awarded the Dickin Medal, widely considered the “Victoria Cross” for animals.

The Australian Army has issued a directive that prohibits soldiers from wearing “death” symbols in combat, declaring the practice  arrogant, ill-considered and deterimental to the ethos of the armed forces.