Malabar 2025 Naval Exercise

Australia Joins India, Japan, and US for Malabar 2025 Naval Exercise to boost Indo-Pacific security

Australia has officially joined India, Japan, and the United States for Exercise Malabar 2025, a high-profile Indo-Pacific maritime exercise designed to boost interoperability, strategic coordination, and collective maritime security. The Australian Ministry of Defence confirmed the nation’s participation on Wednesday,...
Australia

Australians Struggling with Cost of Living as Resolve Poll Shows Deepening Financial Stress and Political Shifts

A new Resolve Political Monitor poll for Nine Newspapers has painted a grim picture of Australians’ financial vulnerability and economic pessimism heading into the final months of 2025. The survey, conducted between November 4 and 8 from a nationally representative...
Technically, Mistral 3 is an infrared-guided, fire-and-forget missile designed to intercept a broad set of low-altitude threats

Australia Moves Toward Local Missile Production: NIOA, MBDA Ink Pact on Mistral Air Defense System

Australian munitions company NIOA and European missile manufacturer MBDA have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore Australian production and assembly of the Mistral very-short-range air defense (VSHORAD) missile, a move that could make Australia the first country outside...
ASEAN-Quad

Quad at a Crossroads: Trump’s Second Term Puts Indo-Pacific Unity to the Test

In international geopolitics, however, a week can feel like an eternity—and a few months can alter the entire balance of power. In 2017, during his first term, it was none other than Donald Trump who revived the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue—or...
AUKUS Submarines

AUKUS: Australia Establishes New Nuclear Power Safety Regulator to Oversee Submarine Program

Australia has reached a key milestone in its ambitious plan to develop conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarines under the AUKUS partnership, with the official establishment of the Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Regulator (ANNPSR) — a new statutory agency tasked with...
Australia: Nationals Abandon Net Zero Commitment, Leaving Liberals in Awkward Spot

Australia: Nationals Abandon Net Zero Commitment, Leaving Liberals in Awkward Spot

The federal Nationals have officially scrapped their commitment to achieving net zero emissions by 2050, a move that has thrown the Coalition’s climate policy into fresh uncertainty and intensified pressure on the Liberal Party to clarify its own stance. After...
Philippine Coast Guard

China Condemns Philippines-Led Joint Patrol in South China Sea, Warns of ‘Troublemaking’

China’s military said on Saturday (Nov 1) that it had closely monitored and tracked a joint maritime patrol organised by the Philippines and its partners in the disputed South China Sea, accusing Manila of heightening regional tensions and threatening peace....
Pacific Island

Australia Leads Pacific Aid Push as U.S. Falters and China Tightens Its Grip on Regional Influence

Australia has emerged as the leading donor of aid to Pacific island nations, cementing its role as the dominant Western power in the region. Yet, a new analysis reveals that China continues to outmanoeuvre the United States in the contest...
Anti-Immigration Rallies, Australia

How Australia’s Vision of Multiculturalism Is Unraveling Amid Anti-Immigration Rallies

Australia’s multicultural consensus — long seen as one of the country’s defining achievements — is showing visible cracks. Anti-immigration rallies across major cities on 31 August and again in mid-October have revealed a significant rightward turn in Australia’s political landscape,...
Australia’s StrikeMaster Achieves Successful Naval Strike Missile Test in Norway

Australia’s StrikeMaster Achieves Successful Naval Strike Missile Test in Norway

In a milestone for Australia’s growing long-range strike capabilities, KONGSBERG Defence & Aerospace and Thales Australia announced the successful live-firing of a Naval Strike Missile (NSM) test munition from the StrikeMaster missile launch vehicle in Norway. The achievement confirms the...
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