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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth​ reassured allies in the Indo-Pacific on Saturday that they will not be left alone to ...