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…
Australia and Vanuatu close to signing Nakamal Agreement worth $500m
Australia and Vanuatu are close to signing an “ambitious” new strategic pact that could see the federal government…
Australia’s defence policy still dictated by US & News Corp
Late last week, the US again told Australia it should increase defence spending to 3.5% of GDP —…