NATO leaders have backed a big increase in military spending that US President Donald Trump had demanded, and restated their ...

But it’s also true Australia’s defence budget must match the aspirations and requirements set out in its 2024 National Defence Strategy. This is necessary for our defence posture to be credible.

China’s $483 billion defence budget is 10 times more than Australia, as it supercharges its navy to become the biggest in the world including new destroyers, frigates, corvettes and amphibious ...

Australia’s current defence spending: $51.5 billion (2025-26) Average annual growth forecast over the forward estimates: 4.9% The Albanese government’s goal for defence spending: 2.33% of GDP ...

Opinion Why Trump demands more from Australia’s defence budget Increasing Australia’s defence budget to 3 per cent of gross domestic product would be acting in our own interests, however hard ...

Don’t get too hung up on the figures – measuring defence spending as a percentage of GDP is a ropey business. But for the record, the government has pledged to raise defence spending to 2.4 per cent, ...

WASHINGTON/SYDNEY — Australia's prime minister said on Monday his government would decide its defense capability needs before announcing defense spending, after US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked ...

Australia has been asked to lift defence spending to 3.5 per cent of GDP “as soon as possible,” with the request being relayed directly from US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth to Deputy Prime ...

Australia's prime minister said on Monday his government would decide its defence capability needs before announcing defence spending, after U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth asked Australia to ...

Shadow Finance Minister James Paterson says Australia should increase defence spending as it is in the national interest and not because “American friends” asked Australia to. US Secretary of ...

The United States wants Australia to lift spending on defence to about $100 billion a year, with its Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warning of a "real and potentially imminent" threat from China.