Australia’s defence hawks have chosen to overlook US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s sabre-rattling and inconvenient omission of AUKUS in his weekend speech in Singapore, instead focusing on ...

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has asked Australia to dramatically raise its military spending to 3.5% of gross ...

Jacqui Lambie Network Senator Jacqui Lambie reacts to US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth calling on Australia to increase ...

Former Labor defence minister Joel Fitzgibbon reacts to US Defence Secretary Peter Hegseth urging Australia to increase ...

"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 ...

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

The Albanese government is warning of increasingly complex and challenging times ahead, driven by rising global security ...

The US Defence Secretary is urging Australia to pump billions more into military budgets "as soon as possible".

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has urged Australia to increase military spending, a day after Prime Minister Anthony ...

China's foreign and defense ministries issued angry statements after Hegseth called the People's Republic a "threat" at a ...

When pressed on the thorny matter, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth offered a quick zinger. He was here at Asia’s preeminent ...