Breaking news service online

A new online service is now available bringing together breaking news articles relating to the Australian Navy.

Defence News Online daily scans more than 8000 major national and international newspapers, Defence and business publications from more than 118 different countries and 120 continuously updated newswires for news on a range of subjects relevant to Defence.

Of particular interest is the Australian Navy topic, which scans and filters the major news sources and delivers up-to-date full text news articles relevant to Navy.

Defence News Online sorts all the latest news into topics, called ‘tracks’.

You can select the topic you’re interested in and quickly skim the headlines for the day. Alternatively you can choose to view any of these articles in full text. It’s entirely up to you.

The tracks can be quickly modified to reflect the changing global, regional and local security situation and to track any new Defence issues.

The current choice of tracks includes Navy News, Asia, Pacific Region, Air ForceNews, Africa, Australian Defence

News, Military Personnel, Global Defence News and Weapons of Mass Destruction, as well as others.

To have your say about the development of new Tracks or modification of existing tracks, simply click on the‘suggest a track’ link on the homepage.

To access Defence News Online:

1. Go to the Defence Library Portal http://library.dcb.defence.gov.au.

2. Click on Defence News Online - and choose ‘Register’.

3. Check your browser - it needs to be 5.01 or greater - you can do this from the registration page. Contact the ISD Helpdesk on 0-133172 to request an update if necessary.

4. Complete the once-off registration process by clicking on the Register button.

5. Click on a news track and you’re on your way.

For more information contact your local Defence Library, the Defence Library Service Helpdesk on (0) 13 31 39, or email clientlink@defence.gov.au.

• By Cheryle Marriner and Donna Vaughan

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