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Defence Minister Peter Dutton says compensation negotiations with a French company over the dumped future submarine project will "likely not" be completed by the end of the financial year, despite the wishes of defence officials.

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has been forced to clarify his position on offshore detention centres. It follows the Coalition seizing on comments he made on the campaign trail. Here's how it all went down in case you missed it.

This is the first piece in a foreign policy election series looking at how Australia’s relations with the world have changed under the Morrison government.

The federal budget outlined major spending to boost Australia’s national security. Labor hasn’t offered much of an alternative.

Australia's Defence Force Chief has paused internal disciplinary measures for senior army officers who failed to prevent alleged war crimes in Afghanistan, pending the completion of an external investigation that could take years.

As China seeks to build security links with the Solomon Islands, Defence Minister Peter Dutton says he doesn't expect bases to be part of the deal.

US President Joe Biden is reportedly dispatching one of his top officials to Solomon Islands as concerns grow over a soon-to-be-signed security pact with China.

Australia has vowed to continue its military support of Ukraine as Russia announced sanctions against 228 Australian government members in retaliation.

Good morning, early birds. Australia will build hypersonic missiles that travel more than five times the speed of sound, and opposition treasury spokesperson Jim Chalmers has said “this reckless rorting and wasteful spending must stop”. It’s the news you need to know, with Emma Elsworthy.

The government is considering scaling back the number of Infantry Fighting Vehicles it is looking to build to pay for other initiatives.

Australia has accelerated plans to buy long-range strike missiles years ahead of schedule because of growing threats posed by Russia and China