Papua New Guinea calls for ‘buffer zone’ with Indonesia amid concerns over West Papua conflict
Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia have started annual defence ministers meetings to build trust and boost military…
Labor pledged to ban nuclear weapons in opposition. In government it got a reality check
Anthony Albanese said the stakes could not be higher. Banning nuclear weapons, he told delegates at the 2018…
Australia to form part of Pacific ‘taskforce’ set to stir regional controversy
South Pacific defence ministers want to transform a military disaster response group into a taskforce that could also…
AUKUS architect says concerns remain over deal’s future despite Donald Trump backing
One of the architects of the AUKUS submarine pact has dismissed assurances given by Donald Trump about the…
Labor reshuffles its furniture as the Liberals try to save what’s left
Three hours before the shock resignation of two senior Labor ministers was made public on Thursday afternoon, ABC…
Charlie Kirk’s martyrdom in the US is expected. Here, it’s baffling
Karen Attiah had been a columnist for The Washington Post and its global opinions editor for over a…
Australia and Papua New Guinea to integrate defense forces under new security pact
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia and Papua New Guinea’s defense forces will be integrated under a new security…
Albanese government pours $12 billion into expanding AUKUS defence facility near Perth
The Albanese government will spend $12 billion on building a submarine and naval shipbuilding facility under AUKUS, as…
Chinese embassy concert commemorating Japan’s WWII defeat blocked from Parliament House
Australian officials scuppered a Chinese embassy plan to host a concert in the heart of Parliament House to…
What we learnt from Richard Marles’s ‘meeting’ with Pete Hegseth and JD Vance in Washington DC
Richard Marles, what a coincidence. The faintly farcical debate over whether the brief White House chat between Australia’s…
Pentagon walks back denial of Marles-Hegseth meeting, which it had called ‘happenstance encounter’
The Pentagon has walked back a statement denying that Richard Marles had a “meeting” with US Defense Secretary…
Dozens of Australian military export contracts cleared for Israel during Gaza war
The federal government has upheld dozens of military export permits to Israel, raising fresh questions about Australia’s weapons…