Australia news live: US marines plan permanent weapons stockpile in Victoria; Pauline Hanson to address National Press Club

Tender documents show plans for store beyond the range of Chinese missiles, report says. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian stockpile, expected to reach full capacity by 2028, will be kept in Melbourne before being moved to US warehouses to be constructed next year at an Australian military base at Bandiana in rural Victoria, tender documents show, according to AFP.“Marine Corps activities in Australia support integrated global sustainment by maintaining ready-for-issue equipment and supplies for operations and exercises across the Indo-Pacific,” a US Marine Corps spokesperson told AFP. Continue reading...