The senior bureaucrat tasked with Australia’s management of emergency situations says sending in Defence troops should not be the “first call” during natural disasters.

After a slight delay, Australia and Papua New Guinea formally signed a defense treaty this week committing the two nations to ...

The Albanese government will seek to placate the Trump administration with a promised defence revamp next year, as the US calls for massive increases in defence spending.

Australia and Papua New Guinea are set to integrate their defense forces under a new security pact, aiming to curb China's security influence in the region This photo shows the emblem of an Australian ...

Australia has signed a new defence agreement with Papua New Guinea, its first in more than 70 years, as Canberra seeks to ...

Australia's top military official said on Sunday the country's defence force must 'own' a recent report on soldiers committing crimes in Afghanistan and pledged changes to ensure that atrocities do ...