Former US defence official Ely Ratner says it's time for the 'viable and essential' four-way defence pact. Security experts ...

PM Albanese says government already increasing spending and decisions will be based on defence capability needs.

The United States wants Australia to lift spending on defence to about $100 billion a year, with its Defense Secretary Pete ...

Australia's prime minister said on Monday his government would decide its defence capability needs before announcing defence ...

The United States has called on Australia to boost its military budget to 3.5 per cent of GDP “as soon as possible”, but ...

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth had said that the two men share "a willingness to challenge old ways of doing things that ...

Anthony Albanese has been warned by a former army chief that the government risks “abrogating its responsibility” to the ...

Singapore's Defence Minister Chan Chun Sing also said that he was appreciative of his US counterpart Pete Hegseth's "candour" ...

Australia is on track to reach defence spending levels of 2.33 per cent of GDP by 2033-34 but for months the Trump ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Sunday that Australia would determine its own levels of military expenditure, pointing ...

Australia's refusing to play ball with the US, which is demanding it up its defence spend to 3.5% of GDP as soon as possible.