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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 ...

A leading China expert has warned that live fire drills are just the beginning as Beijing tries to set up a 'permanent ...

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

The blue-water role of China’s newest variety of naval destroyer was on show last week when Type 055 destroyer Zunyi led a ...

France’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and accompanying warships are in the Philippines after holding combat drills with ...

New Zealand’s foreign minister is meeting senior officials in China just days after New Zealand and Australia said that ...

EDITORIAL: Instead of calling China out for its dangerous antagonism, Anthony Albanese is sticking by the fantasy that all is ...