This Month
Australia seeks to bolster South Korea, Japan defence ties
Richard Marles has met North Asian counterparts in Japan and South Korea amid rising tensions in the Middle East.
- Michael Smith
- Opinion
- Opinion
Defence spending needs to increase 50pc
The military will be skewed towards a small number of potent but expensive submarines, leaving the rest of the navy and air force under-resourced.
- Rowan Moffit and Jon Stanford
Pentagon awards contract to Ellerston-backed Aussie builder
The Pentagon’s special Defence Innovation Unit, run by a former Apple executive, has awarded an Australian company a $20 million boat-building contract.
- Matthew Cranston
- Exclusive
- Industrial relations
Labour hire loopholes ‘shamelessly exploited’ by ADF contractor: union
The sparkies union has called on Defence Minister Richard Marles to help stop Downer from outsourcing ADF jobs, saying it clashes with proposed labour laws.
- David Marin-Guzman
Taxpayers’ $365m stake in Canberra radar firm
The federal government, which will own 72 per cent of a cutting-edge radar manufacturer, wanted to keep CEA Technologies out of foreign hands.
- Andrew Tillett
Pratt could be called to give evidence against Trump
Billionaire businessman Anthony Pratt has unwittingly become enmeshed in former president Donald Trump’s legal troubles.
- Updated
- Andrew Tillett
Defence industry warns Albanese over shipbuilding uncertainty
The government needs to grapple with finding billions of dollars more for major shipbuilding projects as a review pushes for new warships packed with missiles.
- Andrew Tillett
- Exclusive
- Defence spending
Ministers face billions in blowouts for new warships
Existing programs for new and upgraded warships are increasing in costs, as the government grapples with a fresh wishlist for the navy.
- Andrew Tillett
Kosovo demands Serbia withdraw troops from border
Tensions between the two countries have been high since last Sunday when Kosovo police fought around 30 heavily armed Serbs who stormed the village of Banjska.
- Fatos Bytyci
September
Axing Australia’s Taipan helicopters to cost 400 jobs
The European manufacturer rebuffed concerns that the decision to stop flying the helicopters was linked to a fatal crash in the Whitsundays.
- Updated
- Tim Hepher
- Opinion
- Opinion
Tough choices loom as AUKUS uncertainty grows
The right, figures in the Labor Party and a leading strategic analyst are questioning the alliance’s political and defence viability as the Trump factor looms larger.
- Andrew Clark
Royal commission reveals violence, abuse, exploitation: Shorten
NDIS Minister Bill Shorten said the release of the Disability Royal Commission report represented a historical moment in Australia; world’s tallest timber tower approved in Perth. How the day unfolded so far.
- Updated
- Campbell Kwan
Taiwan reveals first domestically made submarine in defence milestone
Taiwan has made the indigenous submarine program a key part of an ambitious project to modernise its armed forces.
- Carlos Garcia, Walid Berrazeg and Sarah Wu
More tanks in Townsville: shake-up to move troops north
Amid tensions with China, the army will restructure to better equip it for island-hopping assaults by sending agile units to Darwin, tanks to Townsville and missiles to Adelaide.
- Andrew Tillett
Cardboard drone maker used in Ukraine is Australia’s top innovator
Sypaq has won the 2023 AFR Boss Most Innovative Companies Award, for its flat packed cardboard drones, which have been serving on the front line in Ukraine.
- Paul Smith
- Exclusive
- Russia-Ukraine war
‘Ice cold but polite’: Moscow’s man on how he’s treated in Canberra
Russia’s ambassador to Australia has denied his country’s forces are committing atrocities and Moscow is being isolated diplomatically.
- Andrew Tillett
- Opinion
- AUKUS
AUKUS is still a toddler with a long way to go
The unfortunate fact is since the announcement of the nuclear-powered submarine agreement two years ago, no partner has had to do anything hard to make it a reality.
- Michael Shoebridge
US airforce seeks help to find $155m missing fighter jet
The stealth jet went missing after a pilot ejected in a training mission in South Carolina. Finding it proved difficult.
- Updated
- Bryan Pietsch and Kyle Rempfer
Triton drone purchase to boost northern defences
Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy has announced $1.5 billion in new spending to boost maritime and air protections.
- Tom McIlroy
- Exclusive
- AUKUS
Suppliers start jockeying for AUKUS billions
Two big global defence companies are linking up to help support the deployment of US and UK submarines to Perth from 2027.
- Andrew Tillett
