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Television Interview, ABC Afternoon Briefing

SUBJECTS: Investment in Bushmasters; Anzac Day; ISIS Foreign Fighters’ Wives; White House Correspondents’ dinner PATRICIA KARVELAS, HOST: The Australian Government will spend $1.2 billion on new Bushmasters and upgrading Defence Force trucks. The Assistant Defence Minister, Peter Khalil, is my…

Television Interview, Sky Afternoon Agenda

SUBJECTS: Investment in Bushmasters and Bendigo; Anzac Day TOM CONNELL, HOST: Joining me live is Assistant Defence Minister Peter Khalil. Thank you for your time. Certainly, been a success story, both for Defence and exporting as well. Can I just clarify, I was reading that they won't have…

Honouring generations of service and sacrifice on Anzac Day

On 25 April 1915, Australian and New Zealand soldiers huddled together silently in their row boats as they approached the beaches and hills of Gallipoli. Although they were young and afraid, they prepared to battle with an unseen enemy to protect the rest of us. Their courage and sacrifice will…

Joint Press Conference, Hobart

SUBJECTS: Defence Estate Community Consultation Sessions; Defence Estate Audit, Defence Industry investment, National Construction Code, Tyndall Ranges, long-spined sea urchins research, Housing  RICHARD DOWLING [SENATOR FOR TASMANIA]: It’s great to be here in Derwent Park, one of the hubs of…

Television Interview, ABC Afternoon Briefing

Subjects: Middle East Conflict, Fuel Supply, Tax Policy STEPHANIE BORYS [HOST]: Now, I want to bring in my political panel for the day. Peter Khalil is the Assistant Defence Minister, and Maria Kovacic is the Shadow Assistant Minister for Productivity and Deregulation. Good afternoon to you both.…

Radio Interview, ABC Hobart

SUBJECTS: Defence Estate Community Consultation Sessions; Defence Estate Audit

Radio Interview, ABC Hobart

SUBJECTS: Defence Estate Community Consultation Sessions; Defence Estate Audit LEON COMPTON [HOST]: Peter Khalil is the Assistant Minister for Defence. Assistant Minister, good morning to you. PETER KHALIL [ASSISTANT MINISTER]: Good morning, Leon. How are you? COMPTON: Will Tasmania be left…

Defence estate community consultation sessions begin

Community consultation sessions will begin in Tasmania next week as part of the Albanese Government’s nationwide response to the independent Defence Estate Audit.  The Audit, delivered in 2023 by Ms Jan Mason and Mr Jim Miller, undertook a comprehensive review of Australia’s Defence estate –…

Television Interview, Sky Politics Now

SUBJECTS: Fuel Energy Security Plan; Conflict in the Middle East TOM CONNELL, HOST: All right. Let's return to the Government's plan on fuel announced today.  Joining me live is Assistant Defence Minister Peter Khalil. I was going to start with Donald Trump. Let's start on fuel, I said I…

Television Interview, Sky Afternoon Agenda

SUBJECTS: Conflict in the Middle East; Fuel; ADF assistance with flood recovery TOM CONNELL, HOST: Joining me Well, Donald Trump is calling on more help in and around Iran to try to shore up the world's oil supply. Iran has managed to effectively shut the Strait of Hormuz. Joining me live…

Parliament passes legislation to establish Defence committee

The Albanese Government has passed legislation in the Parliament which will establish the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence (PJCD). The establishment of the PJCD implements a recommendation of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade’s Inquiry into international…

Radio Interview, ABC Far North

SUBJECTS: Cairns Common User Facility; $250 million upgrade to HMAS Cairns; Illegal Fishing; Border Protection CHARLIE MCKILLOP [HOST]: If there was ever a time for Cairns and Far North Queensland to be on the front foot, it is right now. The rise and rise of China in the Pacific, the uncertainty…