The energy minister said the Royal Australian Air Force advised that the Hunter Valley airport couldn’t accommodate the PM’s usual plane.
The federal government has vowed to use every diplomatic tool possible to counter China’s increasingly skilful efforts to expand its influence in the Pacific.
The Australian government is acting on advice that China is ramping up its efforts in the Pacific after learning from mistakes in the past.
Despite the astronomical cost,Defence Minister Richard Marles said AUKUS is a ‘modest step’ in the face of Chinese military expansion. And his party agreed.
A defence expert said the fast-moving infantry fighting vehicles would give Australia ‘the best capability on offer’ to replace personnel carriers from the 1960s.
Three months after AUKUS was unveiled in San Diego,a divided Congress stands between Australia and the first stage of the ambitious defence technology sharing pact.
The Albanese government has decided to cut the number of new infantry fighting vehicles it was planning to purchase to from 450 to 129,which means Australia will only have enough for one mechanised battalion.
Defence companies are bracing for major cuts to orders of Australian-made naval vessels as the government buys “bucket loads of missiles”.
“Sparky” may soon feature on kindy kids’ career wish lists alongside princesses and astronauts if union plans to inspire a new generation of future tradies take off.
The Ukrainian president heaped pressure on China,Latin America and African countries to pick their side in the war in a 2.5-hour news conference.
Conroy brushed aside criticism regarding the embassy and said Ukrainians were interested in Australia’s defence assistance,not its diplomatic footprint,after meeting with Ukraine’s deputy defence minister.