The former prime minister says Australia needs to lift defence spending but argues it must also develop its links to China.

China's rapidly growing navy and air force vastly outsize Australia's, but sheer numbers don’t always guarantee dominance.

The Pentagon is reviewing AUKUS, a strategic military deal between the United States, Britain and Australia. Australian ...

Australia must prepare. China attacking Taiwan is not inevitable, but if it happens, it will become a wide-ranging ...

China’s embassy in Fiji insisted that Beijing is not seeking a military base in the South Pacific, saying aid pledged to ...

Chinese Consul General in Sydney Wang Yu said that over the past 10 years, China has invested nearly A$90 billion in ...

Backing both sides appears to be something the country will now have to do to avoid getting caught in the crossfire between ...

Australia is suing a Chinese-linked company and a former associate over a breach of foreign investment laws linked with rare ...

The Pentagon said China has highly capable logistical replenishment ships, which support long-distance, long-duration ...

China by next year will overtake Australia as the world's top miner of the battery metal lithium, according to a forecast ...

Quad countries launch a joint initiative to secure critical minerals and reduce reliance on China’s supply chains.

An abundance of high-quality iron ore and the recent discovery of a 55 billion metric ton reserve have pushed Western ...