The Latest Breaking News from Richard Marles

Defence Minister Richard Marles says he is hopeful in-person talks between Australian and Chinese military officials can begin again as tensions thaw.

A group of Australia's ministers will travel to Papua New Guinea for talks with their ministerial counterparts.

The Australian government says its military will begin recruiting some noncitizens in a bid to boost troop numbers

Foreign minister also accuses the Greens of involvement in ‘violent and aggressive protests’ in Senate estimates

Labor has defended its $50 billion injection to the defence budget over a decade after analysis found it doesn't adequately prepare the military for war.

Defence Minister Richard Marles has described a meeting with his Chinese counterpart as "frank" after he raised unprofessional and unsafe conduct from Beijing.

Defence Minister Richard Marles will use a major speech to call on China to put greater pressure on Russia to end its invasion of Ukraine.

Graffiti seen in Civic shows anti-Semitic hate speech continues.

Australia is ready to provide further aid to Papua New Guinea following a landslide that buried more than 2000 people, the prime minister says.

More than 2,000 people were buried by a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea, the national disaster centre said on Monday, as the government officially asked for international help to reach communities trapped in remote villages where rescue efforts have been hampered by treacherous conditions.

The shadow attorney-general asked if using the phrase ‘from the river to the sea’ would be an offence under Labor’s bill