The former prime minister says Australia needs to lift defence spending but argues it must also develop its links to China.

The Pentagon said China has highly capable logistical replenishment ships, which support long-distance, long-duration ...

Backing both sides appears to be something the country will now have to do to avoid getting caught in the crossfire between ...

The arrests suggest a new front in China’s long campaign to press the Philippines, America’s oldest military ally in ...

China is “asserting its influence” in ways that do not align with Australia’s national interest, Foreign Minister Penny Wong ...

Anthony Albanese says his government will pump as much cash as is needed into Australia’s defence after China’s ambassador ...

Military officials have warned that the air superiority the US and its allies have enjoyed for decades may not be possible in ...

Cooperation on geopolitical and geostrategic interests seen to be largely unaffected, along with ‘basic strategic choice to ...

Quad countries launch a joint initiative to secure critical minerals and reduce reliance on China’s supply chains.

SYDNEY - China's embassy in Fiji denied on Thursday that Beijing wanted a military base or sphere of influence in the Pacific Islands, after Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said islands were ...

An abundance of high-quality iron ore and the recent discovery of a 55 billion metric ton reserve have pushed Western ...

Australia will work with the US and other Asia-Pacific partners to secure the commodities, even as the Trump administration ...