China has warned Australia not to harm its interests in the Pacific after Anthony Albanese struck a landmark military alliance with Fiji.

Anthony Albanese is expected to sign a major new alliance after touching down in Fiji, as the “permanent contest” with China looms.

Australia and Fiji have struck a new defence alliance in a major victory for the Albanese government’s efforts to limit China’s influence in the Pacific.

Australia and Fiji have struck a new defence alliance in a major victory for the Albanese government’s efforts to limit China’s influence in the Pacific.

Australia signed a new defence alliance with Fiji on Monday, bolstering ties with its South Pacific island neighbour as it seeks to outmanoeuvre China in the region.

Australia has greatly upped its diplomatic efforts in the region following China’s secretive security deal with the Solomon Islands in 2022.

Fiji, which had grown closer to Beijing under its former leadership, will now consult Canberra on security developments.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the formation of a new defence alliance with Fiji has elevated relations to the “highest possible level”.

The Ocean of Peace Alliance says the nations will ‘act to meet the common danger’ in the event either country is attacked

Australia and Fiji have signed a new bilateral defense alliance in a second major diplomatic win within a year for Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese against Chinese…

Australia and Fiji have signed a new bilateral defense alliance in a second major diplomatic win within a year for Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese against Chinese…

"An attack on Fiji from an outside force would trigger Australia's full support for Fiji and for its sovereignty," Albanese said.

The signing of the defence treaty comes on the same day that Chinese state media reported a submarine had test-launched a long-range ballistic missile in the South Pacific, a move…

China has warned Australia not to harm its interests in the Pacific after Anthony Albanese struck a landmark military alliance with Fiji.

The Australian and Fiji governments yesterday signed the Ocean of Peace Alliance.

Australia and Fiji have formalized a new security and economic partnership aimed at deepening defense coordination and reinforcing stability in the Pacific, a move widely seen as…

Penny Wong says Australia’s deepening defence ties with the Pacific – including the nation’s fourth-only alliance recently signed with Fiji – “is all about more security for…

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has visited the Solomon Islands just as China launches a nuclear-capable ballistic missile in the region.

The timing – on the day the Ocean of Peace Alliance treaty was signed with Fiji – reads as provocation at best, coercion at worst