Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has assured he will be “methodical” in deciding whether a South Korean company should be allowed to own the lion’s share of Australia’s biggest defence shipbuilder.
Simone Grogan
Britain's prime minister says AUKUS, the trilateral security pact between Australia, Britain and the US, is a "really important deal".
Staff Writers
The grand military parade long desired by Donald Trump has dominated Washington, against a background of protests over the US President's style of leadership.
Phil Stewart, Jeff Mason, Brad Brooks, Karl Plume
The US Army will celebrate its 250th anniversary with a massive parade in Washington on a day that happens to be President Donald Trump's 79th birthday.
Lolita C Baldor
The likelihood of the first face-to-face meeting between Anthony Albanese and Donald Trump is overshadowing the rest of the G7 agenda in Australia.
Katina Curtis
Two Chinese aircraft carriers conducting drills in the Pacific have sparked concerns the Asian superpower is signalling its expansionist aims in the region.
Hanwha says a key US Congressional committee has no issue with a takeover, but Austal has countered that the approval is ‘different to that claimed by Hanwha’.
Sean Smith
Australia and Indonesia have agreed to conduct joint air force and naval drills following talks in Jakarta.
NATO defence ministers are meeting in Brussels to agree on new targets for military spending and capabilities for deterrence and defence.
Sabine Siebold and Lili Bayer
The Government is likely to wait for a defence strategy update before revealing any funding boost, despite expectations Donald Trump will pressure Anthony Albanese over Australia’s budget position.
A new research centre at the Australian War Memorial aims to help thousands of Australians understand the experiences of their family members who have served during conflicts.
Australians are being told by the nation's chief of the defence force to prepare for a possibility where combat operations are launched from home soil.
Tess Ikonomou
Australia’s defence chief has pledged to give ‘frank’ advice to the Government on spending as it comes under increasing pressure to hike the defence budget to deal with growing strategic threats.
Nicola Smith
Australia has been warned to increase its defence spending as it faces serious threats but the prime minister supported his government's military budget.
Tess Ikonomou and Kat Wong
The war on democracies is "so close" to Australia, Ukraine's ambassador says, while calling for a alliance of like-minded nations.
NATO members "need to do much, much more" when it comes to defence spending to meet US demands and to deal with threats such as Russia, its chief says.
Matthew Lee, Lorne Cook and Suzan Fraser
Australia and Indonesia have renewed their ties and pledged to pursue closer defence and economic relationships as their leaders vowed to remain ‘good neighbours’.
With the Federal Election result a lock Austal is bullish that the re-elected Albanese Government will get to work pronto signing new contracts, as the WA manufacturer lauds a ‘golden era’ for shipbuilding.
Japan and China have both lodged protests about airspace violations around the Japanese-controlled East China Sea islands, which Beijing also claims.
Australia does not need to kowtow to any other nation to defend itself, Anthony Albanese insists as he warns voters the country needs stability in an increasingly unstable world.
The Philippines and New Zealand have signed a military agreement allowing the deployment of troops on each other's territory.
Jim Gomez
West Australians will be able to farewell Arthur Leggett — WA’s oldest and last surviving Army World War II prisoner of war — and line the street as part of his State funeral next Saturday.
Dylan Caporn
A space squadron will become part of the New Zealand Air Force from July as tensions rise over space infrastructure.
Lucy Craymer
Whatever the result on May 3, even people within the Liberals think they have run a very poor national campaign. Not just poor, but odd.
Michelle Grattan
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