I had never heard of Bumbalong. But during the Black Summer Bushfires of 2020, this little New South Wales community between Canberra and Bredbo then spent the news spent a bushfire and destroyed houses, farms and cattle in one day. I looked at the flames, from Bredbo, while they quickly crawled along the hills, sent […]
The Pentagon assesses the Aukus security pact between Australia, the US and the UK. The assessment is designed to ensure that the Pact is in line with the “America First” agenda of President Donald Trump, an American defense officer told the ABC. They said, “If [Defense] Secretary [Pete] Hegseeth has made it clear, this means […]
The United States has demanded Australia that Australia will increase its defense spending to almost $ 100 billion a year “as quickly as possible”, saying that Australia has to do more to support the US in the Indo-Pacific. The US Defense Minister Peter Hegseeth transferred this to the Minister of Defense Richard Marles on the […]
China has accused the US of making “unfounded accusations” about the development of threats by Beijing, in particular in its aggressive attitude towards Taiwan. China objected to the comments from the US Minister of Defense Pete Hegseeth who call on allies in the Indo-Pacific region to spend more on defense after warning for the “real […]
A teenager of the Sunshine Coast “was afraid of his life” when he stuck his stepfather deadly, a court heard. The suspect wiped tears away when he was in the Dok in the Supreme Court in Brisbane on Friday. The defense argued that the 18-year-old, who was then 16, was “in panic and scared” when […]
A proposal to strengthen ties between the European Union and Australia in the light of increasing global instability can be an important boost for both allies. However, some experts have warned against Canberra who sign a potential defense pact with Brussels in the midst of warnings that it would not be in our national interest. […]