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Defence Minister Peter Dutton has announced $2 billion in funding for anti-ship missile defence as part of Australia’s participation in a NATO consortium.

Defence Minister Peter Dutton and his Labor counterpart Brendan O’Connor will share the debate stage today. Here’s what to look for.

A new Border Force ad targeting asylum seekers says policies on boat arrivals won't change as the government accuses Labor of wanting to soften policy.

We are fated, whether we like it or not, to live in interesting times, having entered, as one prominent observer puts it a “decade of living dangerously”.

With almost one in five people in the electorate of Chisholm having Chinese ancestry, that subset of the community could have a big say in who wins the seat. However, the "Chinese community" covers a broad range of experiences and views, and three weeks out from election day, many are…

Appearing on Q+A, the Minister for Employment says that, despite the rise in cost of living and the housing affordability crisis, Australia is still a land of "enormous opportunity" for young people.

The defence minister’s rhetoric isn’t matched by reality with five key projects behind schedule, not fit for purpose, axed or facing other problems

In Afghanistan, individual Australian troops were deployed up to five times. Is it not enough to send a man into a war zone just once?

Vice Admiral David Shackleton says Australia's troubled $45 billion future frigate program should be scrapped, arguing the British-designed warships "won't give the government a range of military options it could need for managing a conflict".