US military boost on Australian shores 'in our own security interest' The Defence Minister has confirmed more US marines will be stationed in Australia's north as he warned of an increasingly complex and "far less predictable" period than any time since the second World War. In a wide-ranging address to a security conference in Canberra, Peter Dutton warned not all nations are following Australia and its allies by prioritising peace in the Indo-Pacific. "The prospect of military conflict is less remote than in the past, especially through miscalculation or misunderstanding," Mr Dutton told the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. LIVE UPDATES: