Australia will determine defence needs before spending, says PM, responding to US call to raise budget to 3.5% GDP.

"The decisions that we make around defense spending are going to be driven by Australia’s national interest," said Defense ...

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

A Pentagon statement says Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth called on Australia to spend 3.5 per cent of GDP on the military.

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has declared a strategic assessment of the country's defence capabilities before ...

Defence Minister Richard Marles says Beijing hadn’t provided any ‘strategic reassurance’ around the People’s Liberation Army’s massive expansion ...

Australia should be looking to cut “waste” in the Australian Defence Force before looking to pump more cash into it, independent senator Jacqui Lambie says.

The cost blowout stemming from Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison’s special GST deal for WA is now the federal budget’s ...

It is easy to dismiss the colourful and controversial US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth as a member of the cavalcade of chaos ...

The Tasmanian government's profligacy is on full display in its latest budget, as it commits hundreds of millions to a new ...

No one wants to pay more tax. And the richest of us protest most and fight hardest when asked to cough up a little more.

United States Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth has called on Australia to increase its military spending to 3.5 percent of ...