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Backed by the US, Australia has been increasingly asserting its power in the Indo-Pacific region. Has this strategy served it well?

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His comments follow Daily Mail Australia on Tuesday revealing footage released by Chinese state-run media of live-firing ...

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is floating the idea of sending a Royal New Zealand Navy vessel to the South China Sea, as ...

Defence Minister Judith Collins vented frustration at the Chinese Government for not informing New Zealand that it would be sending a “highly capable” strike force with “enormous strike power” down ...

Australia's foreign policy priorities include our strategic position in the Pacific, expanding economic ties with South-East ...

The Virginia-class USS Minnesota has arrived in Western Australia, marking the first of several planned visits by U.S.

It was not clear whether the Chinese naval task group will transit westward to the waters south of mainland Australia.

Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles says airliners were over the Tasman Sea crossing between Australia and New Zealand ...

In recent days, the Chinese Navy conducted two live-fire military exercises in waters near Australia and New Zealand, ...

Australia learned about Chinese live-fire naval drills off the country’s coast that forced dozens of flights to be diverted ...