Trump may push Albanese on defence spending, but America needs its allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific perhaps more than anywhere else in the world.

Australia is lagging behind Poland on defence spending despite rising threats from China and questions about our security deal with the United States.

How much does Australia spend on defence, who receives this funding, and how well is it spent? Crikey's Paint by Numbers explains.

Increasing Australia’s defence budget to 3 per cent of gross domestic product would be acting in our own interests.

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.

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.