Gunboat diplomacy: NZ faces growing defence challenges after China’s naval incursion

Chinese navy’s activities bolster the case for rapid replacement of NZ's ageing frigates.

Could Peter Dutton be Australia’s next PM? Momentum builds

Lifting from Donald Trump's playbook is paying off for Peter Dutton.

Albanese’s risky re-election road trip into Dutton’s Queensland stronghold

A deadly road, a political battleground: Albanese takes fight to opposition heartland.

How an ancient fish may hold the key to Aussie PM’s re-election

Is Anthony Albanese's govt about to sanction the world’s first modern-day fish extinction?

How Australia’s outback is becoming the US’s frontline

The U.S is spending A$3.5 billion transforming an Outback base into a spearhead.

Australia now looks less the perennially lucky country, sucking in many young New Zealanders

Given the feeble economic growth, it’s possible the country could soon be in recession.

Luxon’s bold defence claims contradicted by NZ’s outdated aircraft and low budget

Australia might ask what more NZ can offer when Wellington’s defence spending remains low.

Opinion: Public broadcasting crisis deepens - Australia Has “Aunty”, why doesn’t NZ?

Bernard Lagan: Why NZ needs a public broadcaster.

Bernard Lagan: I hope the Australian referendum is not lost

Defeat will suggest Aboriginals remain to too many Australians as strange people.

Bernard Lagan: US-Oz military alliance could make Australia a target

The deal clinches Australia’s reputation as a “deliriously loyal US ally".