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PNG Prime Minister James Marape and Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese announcing the inclusion of a PNG team in the NRL.

‘Better than a veto’: NRL soft power play packs a secret punch on China

The announcement of a new NRL team was about so much more than a new NRL team. The setting of the press conference told the story.

  • Matthew Knott

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Nauru President David Adeang with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in June.

Albanese wants to China-proof the Pacific, but Nauru is driving a hard bargain

As Australia seeks to prevent China from gaining a security foothold in the Pacific, island nations are negotiating hard.

  • Matthew Knott
MPs claiming flights.

See the free flights our most senior MPs take

Who flew where, how and who paid are fast becoming the defining questions in politics.

  • Millie Muroi
HMAS Sydney fires Royal Australian Navy’s first Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) near Hawaii during Exercise Pacific Dragon 2024.

Australia buys $7b worth of US missiles for ‘greatest arms race’ since World War II

The deal will equip Australia’s navy with hundreds of advanced US-made long-range weapons.

  • Michelle Griffin
Russian President Vladimir Putin lashed Australia at a press conference outside Moscow.

‘Small dogs on a leash’: Putin takes aim at Australia’s NATO links

Vladimir Putin has lashed Australia in a speech that praised China and castigated the West in another sign of deepening ties between Russia and China.

  • Rob Harris
Ajay Banga, president of the World Bank, will visit Australia next week.

The World Bank head has thoughts on the Pacific – and needs Australia’s help

Ajay Banga will make the first visit to Pacific Island nations by a World Bank leader in almost 50 years.

  • Peter Hartcher
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NSM Naval Strike Missile

Australia strikes deal to build our own long-range missiles

The missiles will cost $4 million each and have a range over 275 kilometres.

  • Matthew Knott
Us solider deploys Switchblade 300 drone

Australia buys ‘devastating’ kamikaze drones

The government has acquired Switchblade 300 drones, to be deployed from late 2024, for an undisclosed amount.

  • Dominic Giannini and Tess Ikonomou
Energy Minister Chris Bowen has defended the Prime Minister’s use of two separate RAF jets last week.

Bowen defends use of two jets for one photo op with PM for renewables

The energy minister said the Royal Australian Air Force advised that the Hunter Valley airport couldn’t accommodate the PM’s usual plane.

  • Olivia Ireland and Matthew Knott
Minister for the Pacific Pat Conroy said the government would use “every lever of statecraft” to deepen engagement with the Pacific.

‘There is a contest’: Australia and China jostle for Pacific influence

The federal government has vowed to use every diplomatic tool possible to counter China’s increasingly skilful efforts to expand its influence in the Pacific.

  • Matthew Knott

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