“The three governments involved here are working at pace to make this happen,” Australian defence minister Richard Marles told reporters on Friday. “This is going to happen and we need …
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has asked Australian businesses and academics to visit China more and increase partnerships with Chinese counterparts, particularly in green energy, while reaffirming the two countries’ …
This has raised questions over Washington’s ability to fulfil its commitment to sell Canberra up to five of the nuclear-powered vessels starting in the 2030s. The US’ latest announcement was …
“This will fit into a long-standing pattern of cooperation between Australia and Singapore, let alone Singapore and any range of other regional partners, including China,” according to analyst Tom Corben. …
“[Australian foreign minister] Penny Wong issued a formal invitation to Wang,” one source explained, requesting anonymity due to the sensitivity of the subject. “The invitation was the formal conclusion of …
“What defence minister [Marles] is rightly saying is that the Australia-Japan security partnership has developed and become clearer, and there is a desire for deeper cooperation,” said Ben Ascione, an …
Australia is keen to see Japan collaborate with the Aukus security partnership on defence technology development in the future, according to Canberra’s defence minister. While ruling out Tokyo’s participation in …
New Zealand will start talks on Wednesday with Australia about cooperating with the Aukus trilateral defence partnership between Australia, Britain and the US, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said, adding Washington …
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hailed US Congress for authorising the sale of nuclear submarines to another country for the first time, allowing the Aukus defence partnership of Australia, the …
Australia’s government on Friday welcomed signs that a US defence spending bill which would authorise the sale of nuclear submarines to Australia is set to pass Congress after a compromise …