New Zealand's prime minister is in London for a two-country visit taking in the United Kingdom and Turkey this week.
Ben McKay
A report claiming the US defence secretary shared sensitive military details on another Signal chat has renewed criticism of the Trump administration.
Tara Copp
Peter Dutton says Anthony Albanese should be red-faced over his apparent ‘catastrophic’ cluelessness about Russia’s reported bid to set up a military base in Indonesia.
Caitlyn Rintoul and Ellen Ransley
Mr Hastie was forced to retreat on comments he made in 2018 when he said, ‘The fighting DNA of a close combat unit is best preserved when it’s exclusively male’.
Katina Curtis
It used to be that New Zealand constituted a wink in the Five Eyes partnership, but a new defence spending plan suggests a changing of attitudes.
NZ will nearly double its defence spending to two per cent of GDP, Prime Minister Chris Luxon says.
Lucy Craymer
Nationals leader David Littleproud wants Australia to give into Donald Trump’s demands on tariffs and buy even more American military hardware in an effort to placate the US President.
Europeans hope Secretary of State Marco Rubio will dispel doubts about US devotion to NATO as alliance ministers meet for talks in Brussels.
Sabine Siebold and Andrew Gray
Premier Roger Cook has dismissed concerns over Labor MP Kyle McGinn lobbying in Washington against the Government’s flagship Westport project and its proximity to an AUKUS base.
Dylan Caporn
Australian military officials are playing by the rules sticking to classified channels rather than copying their US counterparts using messaging apps.
Farid Farid
A Chinese research ship is nearing Perth as it circumnavigates Australia, with concerns the government vessel is mapping the nation’s submarine cables.
Caitlyn Rintoul
An Australian Navy ship docked in the Bunbury Port on Friday to connect with the community and provide well-deserved rest and recovery for crew members in the South West.
Sofia Fimognari
Bodies are still being pulled from the rubble days after a massive earthquake in Myanmar as rescue workers desperately search for survivors.
Staff Writers
The biennial Avalon Airshow has opened its doors to showcase the latest crop of defence and aviation technology as anti-war activists prepare to picket outside.
Callum Godde
Australia has taken delivery of its first two trucks for launching long-range missiles, giving the Defence Force access to the world-leading technology.
The Pentagon's intelligence and law enforcement arms are investigating what it says are leaks of national security information.
The Greens want locally-made drones and missiles to reduce Australia's reliance on the US, while a new "army" addresses a growing defence force workload.
Jack Gramenz
ASC has awarded an $800,000 contract to Intract Australia to deliver repairs on two bridges at the national shipbuilder’s submarine yard at Henderson.
Simone Grogan
South Korean and US forces have wrapped up 11 days of joint military exercises, including hundreds of troops crossing a river near the border with the North.
Daewoung Kim and Hyunsu Yim
NATO members Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia intend to pull out of the convention banning antipersonnel mines due to the threat from neighbouring Russia.
Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has shot down suggestions that AUKUS is a ‘really bad deal’ that is in trouble after the reemergence of Donald Trump in the White House.
Joe Spagnolo
Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles “is definitely not worried” about South Korea’s Hanwha potentially owning an influential slice of WA-based strategic defence shipbuilder Austal.
Simone Grogan and Sean Smith
A new look inside the world’s most advanced fast-attack submarine reveals what Australia’s defence capabilities at sea could look like in the next decade.
Nick Overall
The coalition reaffirms its support for the AUKUS partnership as voices on both sides of politics raise concerns about the multibillion-dollar defence pact.
Tess Ikonomou
