Australia is scrambling to deploy new long-range missiles as the recent arrival of powerful Chinese warships off the ...

The unusual deployment by three navy ships over the past month has prompted a debate in Australia about its aging fleet and ...

Both Australia and New Zealand have another worry, that China may be strengthening its ability to deploy its forces in the ...

SYDNEY: China issued a warning on Friday (Feb 21) of potential "live fire" naval drills in international waters off Australia's eastern coast but gave little prior notice, disrupting commercial ...

Experts have also pointed out that the new US administration has provided a fresh boost to Australia's right-wing forces, giving them renewed momentum to revive the familiar "China threat" narrative.

Those warnings were backed by strategic defence expert Michael Shoebridge, who told Daily Mail Australia that China's live-fire exercises just 600km off the east coast proved that Australia can no ...