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Radio Interview, ABC Perth Mornings

SUBJECTS: OpenAI incident; Interest rates; Land Forces International Land Defence Exposition; SRF-West; Nuclear waste disposal; Defence Estate Audit; Immigration NADIA MITSOPOULOS, HOST: Well, the Deputy PM, Richard Marles, is in town today. He’s found some time to drop by the studio. He’s also the…

Television Interview, News 24 Sunday Agenda

SUBJECT/S: Economy; Interest rates; Middle East conflict; AI; US-China Relationship; Defence Estate Audit; Politics HOST, ANDREW CLENNELL: So, joining me live is the Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles. Thanks so much for your time, Richard Marles. I will get onto this…

Australia to host South Pacific Defence Ministers' Meeting in 2027

Australia will host the 12th South Pacific Defence Ministers' Meeting (SPDMM) in 2027, after members endorsed Australia’s nomination at this year's meeting in Fiji. SPDMM is the region's premier defence ministerial forum, bringing together Pacific partners to strengthen defence cooperation and…

Press Conference, Sydney

SUBJECT/S: OpenAI incident

Joint Communique, South Pacific Defence Ministers' Meeting

Defence ministers and representatives from Australia, Chile, Fiji, France, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Tonga gathered in Nadi for the 11th South Pacific Defence Ministers’ Meeting (SPDMM) from 22 to 24 September 2026. They were joined by observers from Japan, the United Kingdom and…

Television Interview, Sunrise

SUBJECT/S: Artificial intelligence HOST, MATT SHIRVINGTON: Now we want to get more on the breaking news this morning. The Prime Minister an hour ago, revealing Australia has suffered a cyber attack with an AI agent infiltrating a government website relating to Medicare. HOST, NATALIE BARR:…

Radio Interview, ABC Radio National

SUBJECT/S: Artificial intelligence HOST, SALLY SARA: Richard Marles is the Acting Prime Minister and Minister for Defence and joins me now. Minister, welcome back to breakfast. ACTING PRIME MINISTER, RICHARD MARLES: Morning, Sally. How are you? SARA: Very well, thank you. Was the…

Television Interview, Today Show

SUBJECT/S: Artificial intelligence HOST, TOM STEINFORT: All right, we'll get more now on that breaking news that a rogue AI agent infiltrated multiple Australian government websites, accessing private data from relating to health services and crime. Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles joins me…

Television Interview, ABC News Breakfast

SUBJECT/S: Artificial intelligence HOST, STEPHANIE FERRIER: And we now have the Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles, joining us now from Geelong. Thanks for coming on News Breakfast. ACTING PRIME MINISTER, RICHARD MARLES: It's great to be here. FERRIER: We seem to have a little bit of a…

Television Interview, News24

SUBJECT/S: Artificial intelligence HOST, PETER STEFANOVIC: Well, let's try and get some more answers on what's happened with this breach this morning. As you know, folks, we've been trying to reconnect with the Prime Minister, but his shot keeps freezing and it's not coming through. Anyway,…

Australia and Ukraine sign bilateral security agreement

Today Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed the Australia–Ukraine Bilateral Security Agreement. The Agreement provides a framework for defence and security cooperation and affirms Australia’s enduring commitment to Ukraine.After more than four…

Doorstop, Adelaide

SUBJECT/S: Major milestones for Australia’s air intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities; Defence Estate Audit; ADF drone and counter-drone capabilities; AUKUS; ADF recruitment; Superannuation; Middle East conflict; Fuel security. MATT BURNELL, FEDERAL MEMBER FOR SPENCE: It’s…