Australia to speed up $1 billion in defence spending in budget, says defence minister
Australia will bring forward A$1 billion in defence spending in Tuesday's federal budget to boost its military capability, ...
Australian Greens outline program for military build-up and war
The Greens are pitching to hawkish elements of the military-intelligence apparatus, who advocate a military expansion to ...
NZ treads water in Indo-Pacific defence as US, Australia make plans
The top US commander in the Indo-Pacific has given a glimpse of a war with China playbook, as US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth heads around the Pacific after revealing actual war plans to a ...
US Hammers Ally Facing Off China in Pacific With Tariffs
The move comes days after a Chinese flotilla raised alarm as it circled Australia and conducted live firing exercises in the ...
Ruling elite demands massive increase to Australian military spending for war
As soon as it was confirmed that a budget would be brought down in March, national-security figures demanded that it include ...
Finding calm in the Trump storm: why Australia shouldn’t give up on the ‘special friendship’ with the US
Should Australia be worried that Trump will cast it aside following his harsh words for Europe? We shouldn’t panic – our ...
Are all Australia's defence eggs in one US-owned basket?
Donald Trump's US-centric approach to his second presidency has sparked concerns about the AUKUS agreement. So how reliant is ...
Defence One forecasts major arms race as Asia-Pacific scrambles to counter China
A massive arms race is sweeping the Asia-Pacific as nations like Australia scramble to meet an increasingly dominant and assertive Chinese military.