defence

The much-anticipated Defence Strategic Review made no bones about it: China’s claims of sovereignty over the South China Sea threatens the global rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific in a way that adversely impacts Australia’s national…

Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Birmingham says it is “disappointing” the Labor government’s unveiling of the Defence Strategic Review seems to have outlined a “series of…

Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Birmingham says Labor undertaking the Defence Strategic Review is “frankly disappointing” as items in the review would not be possible…

Coincidentally, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute published its annual study of worldwide military spending yesterday. The US remained overwhelmingly the biggest spender with $US877 billion in outlays last year, boosted…

Beijing has returned fire after Australia unveiled plans to overhaul its armed forces, accusing its southern neighbour of hyping up a “China threat” as an excuse to expand its military.In its first response after the federal government…

“China is also engaged in strategic competition in Australia’s near neighbourhood.”The last time Australia called in an outside expert for a check-up on the health of the military, the verdict was far rosier.Paul Dibb (left), Sir William…

Defence Minister Richard Marles says Australia needs a defence force with the capability to engage in “impactful projection” through proportionate responses to any “adversary”…

Shadow Defence Minister Andrew Hastie thinks the Australian Army will be “diminished” by the Defence Strategic Review as the Albanese government agrees to all 62…

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the Labor government is “planning for tomorrow and the future” through the Defence Strategic Review and investing in Australia’s…

The Labor government “seems to be accelerating” Australia’s defence capabilities through the Defence Strategic Review, says Former Liberal MP Dave Sharma. “What I’ve seen so…