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Television Interview, ABC Afternoon Briefing

SUBJECTS: Final report of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide HOST, GREG JENNETT: As a starting position, do you, as former CDF Angus Campbell did, extend an apology for deficiencies and failures for Defence and veteran members?

Doorstop Interview, Parliament House, Canberra

SUBJECTS: Final report of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide JOURNALIST: Minister, are you going to shift the dial on veteran suicides? DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, RICHARD MARLES: I think this report does shift the dial, and it's certainly the intention of the government to…

Remarks upon tabling of the Final Report from the Royal Commission into Defence and Veterans Suicide

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I present the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide final report volumes 1-7. And in doing so, I say that the Albanese Government welcomes this report.  As the Prime Minister said earlier today, at the beginning of Question Time, I would like to acknowledge…

Tabling of the Final Report of The Royal Commission Into Defence and Veteran Suicide

The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide Final Report has been delivered to the Government and tabled in Parliament today.   The Report is an important body of work which marks the culmination of the most significant and comprehensive inquiry conducted into suicide and suicidality…

Joint Press Conference, Queenscliff, Victoria

SUBJECTS: Australia-Japan relationship; Defence cooperation; Indo-Pacific; the Japan-Australia Pacific Digital Development Initiative; Cyber Security.

Eleventh Australia-Japan 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultations

The Hon Richard Marles MP, the Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence; Senator the Hon Penny Wong, the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs; H.E. Ms KAMIKAWA Yoko, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan; and H.E. Mr KIHARA Minoru, Minister of Defense of Japan, met in Victoria…

Opening Remarks, Australia-Japan 2+2 Meeting

SUBJECTS: Australia-Japan relationship.

Acquisition of Joint Strike Missile to boost Australia’s Long-Range Strike Capability

The Albanese Government is further accelerating Australia’s long-range strike capability through the acquisition of the Joint Strike Missile (JSM) from 2025.  The Government and Norwegian company Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace have signed a $142 million contract to deliver the JSM for use…

Australia-Japan 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministers’ Meeting

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, the Hon Richard Marles MP, and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Penny Wong, will host their Japanese counterparts for the 11th Australia-Japan 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultation in Victoria on 5 September 2024. The meeting…

Press conference, HMAS Stirling

SUBJECTS: AUKUS; Monetary Policy; Reserve Bank; Hospital Funding; 2026 Census.

Further boost to Australia's nuclear-powered submarine workforce

The Albanese Government is today announcing a new Jobs for Subs program for 200 young workers required to make Submarine Rotational Force - West (SRF-W) a success. The Nuclear-Powered Submarine Graduate, Apprenticeship and Traineeship initiative is a Government-funded recruitment and…

Visit To Timor-Leste

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles, will visit Timor-Leste on 30 August 2024 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Popular Consultation independence referendum.  Australia and Timor-Leste are close partners and friends with a shared history and deep people-…