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Almost 400 Russian diplomats have been expelled around the world. Australia is a hold-out. Why?

U.S. Navy warships would be welcome at a $7.5 billion navy base that Australia is building to support a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, according to Australian security experts.

Revolutionary stealth bombers and nuclear-powered submarines could change the security game for Australia.

The art of war talk: Pezzullo’s mixed message has some on edge Amid tensions between Canberra and Beijing, the wisdom of comments by the Home Affairs Department Secretary that the drums of war are beating is fiercely contested. Home Affairs Department secretary Michael Pezzullo says the war drums are beating.  Alex Ellinghausen Save Share Departmental secretaries should be seen and not heard. That’s the view within some senior elements of the Morrison government after Home Affairs Secretary Michael Pezzullo’s extraordinary Anzac Day message to his department’s 15,000 st...

By SETH ROBSON | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 29, 2021 Australia will invest $582 million to improve bases and training areas in its Northern Territory that are used by a rotational force of U.S. Marines, the country’s Defence Department announced Wednesday. Upgrades will be made to Robertson Barracks, home to Marine Rotational Force — Darwin during annual six-month deployments, as well as ranges at Kangaroo Flats, Mount Bundey and Bradshaw, where the Marines train, the department said in a statement. The Marines’ rotation Down Under will be back at nearly full strength this ye...