Backed by the US, Australia has been increasingly asserting its power in the Indo-Pacific region. Has this strategy served it ...

Australia and its main security ally the United States have been concerned at China's growing influence in the South Pacific ...

Richard Marles has brushed off revelations that had a commercial airline pilot not relayed a warning to air traffic ...

Debating Australia's role in world politics is not always high on the political agenda. Elections here are more often fought on economic issues than ...

Beijing on Sunday said Canberra had “deliberately hyped” recent Chinese naval exercises near the Australian coast and ...

The New Zealand government says China made a "tactical error" by letting a flotilla fire live rounds in the Tasman Sea, as ...

A of PM Anthony Albanese and China’s Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian during a Citizenship Ceremony in Canberra on January ...

Defence officials did not know for 40 minutes that Chinese warships had started a live-firing exercise that disrupted ...

Australia plans to review the fallout on Southeast Asia and the Pacific of President Donald Trump’s planned cuts to USAID as ...

It was not clear whether the Chinese naval task group will transit westward to the waters south of mainland Australia.

Virgin Australia and Emirates aircraft heard the Chinese flotilla's radio notification about a live-firing test off the ...