Afternoon Update: footballer dies after on-field collision; Australia to manufacture missiles; and lessons from a threesome

The Royal Australian Navy’s HMAS Canberra sails in formation with allied ships during Exercise Rim of the Pacific in 2022. Photograph: Petty Officer 2nd Class Wesley Richardson/AP

Good afternoon. The Australian Defence Force is “not fully fit for purpose” to meet modern-day challenges, according to a major strategic review that will see added defence spending of $19bn over four years and a new domestic missile manufacturing industry.

Increasing competition in the Asia-Pacific between the US and China is the major factor behind Australia’s decision to reshape its military to allow it to project power far beyond our shores.