Pete Hegseth hosted Richard Marles in Washington on Saturday in his first meeting with a foreign counterpart since he was ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said President Donald Trump supported the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal, after Australia ...

Canberra has sent the first down payment of a total $4.7 billion to prop up US shipbuilding efforts ahead of the planned ...

Australia has made its first $500 million payment to the United States under the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal ahead of a ...

Australia said the gesture showed that Canberra is paying its way as a security partner. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Richard Marles is heading to Washington to meet with his newly sworn-in defence counterpart in what will be the first ...

There had been uncertainty about the future of the AUKUS security partnership under a second Trump administration, but the US ...

Donald Trump wants America’s alliance with Australia to be its strongest bond with any nation, the President’s defence chief ...

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles is in Washington for AUKUS discussions with newly appointed US Defence Secretary Pete ...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Donald Trump is "supportive" of the AUKUS alliance, after Australia sent a $US500 ...

Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles has met with Pete Hegseth, the meeting marks the US Defence Secretary's first ...

Defence Minister Richard Marles is set to meet with his newly sworn-in US defence counterpart to strengthen defence and ...