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A raft of new laws to protect Australians online and regulate the digital economy have put Anthony Albanese at odds with Donald Trump and his preference for deregulation.

Trump has changed Australia’s defence spending. Just not in the way he thinks

The US president and his administration cannot claim credit for pressuring Australia to inject $53 billion more into defence over the next decade. The changing world has.

  • Matthew Knott

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Defence Minister Richard Marles said the government was making the biggest ever peacetime increase in defence spending.

This is a big step forward on defence for Australia. Too bad we’re playing catch-up

The commitments of Australia’s new defence strategy and investment plan are necessary. But governments have been warned of the gathering storm for years.

  • Rory Medcalf
Lieutenant General Susan Coyle has just become the first woman to lead the Australian army.

First woman to lead the army, navy chief now new head of Defence Force

Susan Coyle, the current head of joint capabilities, will become army chief, replacing Simon Stuart following his retirement.

  • Matthew Knott

Trump’s exceeded my worst expectations. Australia should reconsider its US alliance

Under Donald Trump, the United States is not the same nation with which we allied in World War II. No longer the country we’ve long (maybe too long) looked to for security.

  • Geraldine Brooks
Charging infrastructure remains a key enabler of greater EV take up.

EVs are for everyone, no matter where they live

The premier is right to promote the uptake of electric vehicles – but characterising EV drivers as “snobs” from the city’s wealthiest suburbs is inaccurate and only fuels division.

Thai-flagged cargo vessel Mayuree Naree in the Strait of Hormuz on March 11.

Australia depends on seaborne trade. AUKUS is our best plan to protect that

Criticism of this vital defence program has been long on assertion and short on credible alternatives.

  • Jennifer Parker
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‘So stingy’: Why Australia is sliding on this vital global ranking

Australia could soon be spending 20 times more on defence than on overseas aid – and that’s a problem for our national security.

  • Matt Wade
Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Minnesota docked at HMAS Stirling in Rockingham, WA, in February.

‘Headed for a train smash’: Former commander’s dire AUKUS warning

A retired rear admiral says the submarine program is a “wasteful folly” that needs to be jettisoned. “It is never too late to stop a plan that is not going to bloody well work.”

  • Matthew Knott
US Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Daryl Caudle during his visit to Perth on March 24, 2026.

US Admiral stares down AUKUS doubters over WA’s submarine deadline

US Naval Operations Chief Admiral Daryl Caudle visited HMAS Stirling and Rockingham in Perth’s south on his Australian trip.

  • Hamish Hastie
The White House released this footage of the sinking of an Iranian warship, the IRIS Dena, off the coast of Sri Lanka. The torpedo was fired from a US fast attack submarine.

Albanese confirms three Australians on US sub that sank Iranian ship

The prime minister insists “no Australian personnel have participated in any offensive action against Iran”. Greens senator David Shoebridge says both things cannot be true.

  • Matthew Knott and Nick Newling