Allies vow joint response to cyber threats
Australia and New Zealand have moved to modernise the nations’ defence alliance, declaring a major cyber strike on either country would be treated as an armed attack under the ANZUS Treaty.
Defence
A voice of sense amid Labor’s AUKUS mire
It was left to opposition senator Simon Birmingham to talk some sense on AUKUS this week – something the PM and Defence Minister seem unwilling or unable to do.
AUKUS ‘get-out clause’ for US, UK
An updated AUKUS agreement and political ‘understanding’ between the countries includes an escape clause if the US or UK decides the pact weakens their own nuclear submarine programs.
‘Transfer of reactors, radioactive material’ in ‘secret’ AUKUS pact
Australia has made undisclosed ‘political commitments’ to the US and UK under a revamped AUKUS agreement, prompting demands for greater transparency.
Increased US forces headed for Top End
More US bombers, fighter jets and surveillance aircraft will operate from Australia’s Top End bases to deter Chinese aggression.
Australia’s strategy is clear: lean on the US
Australia has a potent strategy to fill the gaps in the nation’s defence preparedness over the next decade. It can be summed up in three words: ‘The United States.’
Tom’s wish: remember all Rats, not just me
Last man standing Tom Pritchard will have his dying wish honoured after he is laid to rest on Thursday: a send-off for all the Australian Rats of Tobruk, not just him.
Call to boost US marines’ presence in Top End
A major expansion of US Marine Corps deployments to Australia to 16,000 a year would deliver the cheapest possible boost to Australia’s ability to deter potential adversaries, a new report says.
‘Confront enemies abroad … and home’
Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg will be awarded the Monash Medal, as he calls for authoritarianism abroad and anti-democratic forces at home to be confronted head-on.
Fast track for underwater Defence drone
Newly promoted cabinet minister Pat Conroy says he will use the authority that comes with the role to accelerate the delivery of new weapons and equipment for the nation’s ‘warfighters’.
Top of the AUKUS class: Aussie nuclear submariner beats the Brits, and the men
Sydney woman Lieutenant Isabella is dux of the Royal Navy’s nuclear submarine training in the first AUKUS secondments to Britain.
$250m to boost Ukraine defence
Australia will send an extra $250m in military assistance to Ukraine, including air defence missiles and antitank weapons, as part of fresh NATO efforts.
Lest we forget our Middle-East heroes
For proud 14-year-old Ziggy Till, Sydney’s first commemoration of Australia’s Middle East veterans on Thursday was a chance to pay tribute to the father he never knew – Sergeant Brett Till, killed in Afghanistan in 2009.
Marles on mission to assure US
Richard Marles has undertaken a blitz of meetings with Trump-backed Republicans on Capitol Hill as the Albanese government moves to sandbag the AUKUS defence pact.
Support for Ukraine in principle and printers
Richard Marles will pledge fresh military support for Ukraine at this week’s NATO summit in Washington in a package that’s expected to include Australian-made 3D printers.
New fight for ‘Mint swindle’ brother
Ray Mickelberg – one of the brothers famously ‘stitched up’ by WA police over the Perth Mint swindle of the 1980s – is now in a fight with federal authorities over compensation payments linked back to his military service.
Military ‘exposed to missile threats’
Two of the nation’s most respected military commanders have warned Australian personnel and key bases will be vulnerable to missile attack for at least another decade.
ADF enters drone age after years of indecision
Perhaps it was the shock of being beaten to the punch by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, but our defence force will finally get killer drones thirty years after they first made their mark on the battlefield.
China’s support for Russia’s war puts Beijing on NATO’s threat list
Looming over this week’s NATO summit is a country far from alliance territory that it didn’t even mention until five years ago: China.
Threat of war muddies Austal deal waters
Only months after Defence Minister Richard Marles smoothed the way for the sale of Australian warship builder Austal, a South Korean trade expert has raised the spectre of war with the North.
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