As Trump pick for top defence post has second thoughts on deal for Aukus submarines, Canberra should mend fences with Beijing ...

About to sign the MoU are, from front left, Grains Australia chief executive Richard Simonaitis, Academy of NAFRA president ...

Canberra should not “over-estimate” the Trump administration’s support for AUKUS as Australia faces an increasingly hostile ...

Instead of dealing with Washington alone, the new administration should be dealt with as a collective challenge together with ...

The Cook Islands may be small but the ambitions of its leader are mighty. A range of deals Prime Minister Mark Brown signed ...

Chinese warships have been circumnavigating Australia’s coastline for more than three weeks, passing within 200 miles of ...

China's embassy in New Zealand on Thursday accused Wellington's top spy of lying after the intelligence chief warned of security risks posed by Beijing's growing influence in the Pacific.

New Zealand is facing its own ‘Solomon Islands moment’ over a shock deal between China and the Cook Islands that clears the way for Beijing to build critical infrastructure and a persistent presence ...

SYDNEY: US President Donald Trump's decision not to exempt Australia from his latest tariffs has sparked immediate concerns ...

China has built up economic and military ties across the Indian Ocean. The region holds 40% of the world’s offshore oil and ...

They have also worried Australia, another powerful ally. New Zealand said it was "blindsided" by the China deals, but Brown believes his country is independent and does not need to consult ...