Australia

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.

A new development has the 19th AFL club facing the real possibility of a fatal blow before it has even formed.

LATIKA M BOURKE: Anthony Albanese should not wait for the Coalition to rise from the ashes to make national security an electoral issue once again. It is in the national interest that he act now.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday continues to dismiss demands from the United States for Australia to hike defence spending to 3.5 per cent of GDP.

AARON PATRICK: A top defence expert has revealed when China will likely begin its attack on Taiwan with a naval and sea blockade and what that means for Australia.

LATIKA M BOURKE: Andrew Hastie says he wants to lead the Liberal Party in the long term and urged the party to have an intellectual debate about what it stands for after the 2025 wipeout.

Australia's trade minister has described Donald Trump's decision to increase tariffs on steel imports to 50 per cent as an act of ‘economic self-harm’.

Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles will deliver a warning message that arms control is growing more complicated, with a need for stronger rules as China pursues nuclear expansion.

‘I think every dad would see themselves in that scene and hope and pray that that is never them.’

‘It’s amazing to me we are still platforming these grotesque, vile looking little rat men, who very clearly cannot tell a joke to save their lives.’

‘What I made clear is that this is a conversation that we are very willing to have.’

In a non-descript warehouse on the outskirts of Brisbane, millions of fungi are brewing up a potential solution for an existential problem facing the red meat industry.

Australia’s foreign ministry is closely following a US government move to ban foreign nationals it deems to be censoring Americans – a new policy that could target officials regulating US tech companies. 

The security think tank’s head hit back after Anthony Albanese dismissed an alarming report warning Australia’s conflict-readiness would be at risk without a hike in defence spending.