US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has asked Australia to dramatically raise its military spending to 3.5% of gross ...

Australia's prime minister said on Monday his government would decide its defence capability needs before announcing defence ...

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

PM Albanese says government already increasing spending and decisions will be based on defence capability needs.

Jacqui Lambie Network Senator Jacqui Lambie reacts to US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth calling on Australia to increase ...

When pressed on the thorny matter, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth offered a quick zinger. He was here at Asia’s preeminent ...

Australia’s defence hawks have chosen to overlook US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s sabre-rattling and inconvenient omission of AUKUS in his weekend speech in Singapore, instead focusing on ...

The US Defence Secretary is urging Australia to pump billions more into military budgets "as soon as possible".

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has urged Australia to increase military spending, a day after Prime Minister Anthony ...

China calls Pete Hegseth's remarks "deplorable ... including key security partner Australia, to spend more on defence after warning of the "real and potentially imminent" threat from China.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth urged Australia to increase its military spending, in the latest push from the Trump administration for its allies to shoulder a greater responsibility for their own ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth​ reassured allies in the Indo-Pacific on Saturday that they will not be left alone to ...