The Trump administration, through Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a conversation in Singapore last weekend, demanded Australia lift its defence spending from the pathetic 2 per cent of GDP, where ...

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says NATO allies are "very close" on an agreement to increase defence spending to 5 per ...

Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered the message as he met ministers from the military alliance in Brussels.

The US defence secretary says there is 'near consensus' on a 5% defence spending commitment for Nato member states.

Former Labor defence minister Joel Fitzgibbon reacts to US Defence Secretary Peter Hegseth urging Australia to increase ...

Foreign ministry spokesman for Beijing, Lin Jian, accused Australia of “brazenly” spreading a narrative of China as a threat ...

Australia's Chief of the Defence Force, Admiral David Johnston, says the nation must be prepared for having to launch combat ...

The Australian’s Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan says the Labor Party is talking "absolute balderdash" to suggest they have ...

China's foreign and defense ministries issued angry statements after Hegseth called the People's Republic a "threat" at a ...

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 to lift ...

China's army “is rehearsing for the real deal,” Hegseth said in a keynote speech at a security conference in Singapore.

Sky News host Sharri Markson says Anthony Albanese is “refusing to commit” to boosting Australia's defence spending despite ...