Richard Marles is heading to Washington to meet with his newly sworn-in defence counterpart in what will be the first ...

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Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles is heading to Washington DC to talk AUKUS with his new counterpart in Donald ...

Secretary Pete Hegseth will meet with his Australian counterpart Richard Marles, marking Hegseth's first meeting at the ...

A major update from Laos following the deaths of six tourists who are thought to have consumed methanol-laced drinks could ...

The families of Australian teens Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles have broken their silence after it was revealed Laos authorities investigating their daughters’ deaths are yet to accept Australia’s help ...

The federal government will continue to press Laos to fully investigate the methanol poisoning deaths of Melbourne friends Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles, after revelations the southeast Asian nation ...

More bad news has been delivered to the grieving family of two girls who died from suspected methanol poisoning in Laos.

Defence Minister Richard Marles will travel to the US to meet his American counterpart Pete Hegseth and senior members of the ...

Melbourne teenagers Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones, both aged 19, died after ingesting tainted alcohol in the tourist town of Vang Vieng in November.