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Press Conference, San Francisco

SUBJECTS: Second AUKUS Defence Ministers’ Meeting; Importance of Pillar Two; Security in the Indo Pacific; HMAS Toowoomba; East coast base

New Defence space capability boosts regional security

The Australian Government has entered into an agreement with the United States and the United Kingdom to further advance Australia’s defence space capabilities.  At the second AUKUS Defence Ministers’ Meeting in California, Ministers spoke about accelerating capabilities that provide all three…

AUKUS Defense Ministers Meeting Joint Statement

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosted the Honourable Richard Marles MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Australia, and the Right Honourable Grant Shapps, Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom, at the Defense Innovation Unit Headquarters in California today to…

Television Interview, ABC Afternoon Briefing

SUBJECTS: NZYQ High Court case; Unsafe and unprofessional interaction with PLA-N; Defence Trade Controls Amendment Bill; AUKUS Defence Ministers’ Meeting. GREG JENNETT, HOST: Richard Marles, it's good to have you on the program and I guess this might be for the last time this year. Now, you'll…

Visit to the United States for the second AUKUS Defence Ministers' Meeting

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, the Hon Richard Marles MP, will travel to the United States for the second AUKUS Defence Ministers’ Meeting in California, this week. The Deputy Prime Minister will join US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J., Austin III, and UK Secretary of State for…

New legislation to unlock billions of dollars for AUKUS industry partners

The Albanese Government will unlock billions of dollars in investment and cut red tape for Australian Defence industry and our AUKUS partners, with the introduction of the Defence Trade Controls Amendment Bill 2023. Under the legislation introduced today, Australia’s existing trade controls will…

Additional university places to grow Australia's AUKUS workforce

Thousands more students will train at 16 Australian universities through the allocation of an additional 4,001 Commonwealth supported places in STEM courses to help grow the skilled workforce required to deliver the AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine pathway. The Albanese Government is investing $128…

Joint Statement - Philippines-Australia Maritime Cooperative Activity

Australia and the Philippines are close friends and strategic partners. In September, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and President of the Philippines HE Ferdinand R Marcos Jr signed a Strategic Partnership between our two countries, which establishes an enduring framework for closer cooperation.…

Securing continuous Naval Shipbuilding at Henderson Shipyard in Western Australia

The Albanese Government is securing Australia’s shipbuilding capability and investing in Western Australian defence industry through a new strategic partnership between Defence and Austal Limited at Henderson Shipyard. The Defence Strategic Review observed that there was not enough work to sustain…

Guardian-class Patrol Boat delivered to Samoa

Today Samoa formally received the Guardian-class Patrol Boat, the Nafanua III, handed over by the Australian Government. The Nafanua III was officially received by the Hon Harry Jeffrey, Minister for Police and Prisons and Auapaau Logotino Filipo, Police Commissioner on behalf of the Samoan…

Opening remarks - Australia-India bilateral Defence Ministers' meeting, New Delhi, India

SUBJECTS: Australia's relationship with India.

Television Interview, WION News, New Delhi, India

SUBJECTS: Visit to India; ICC World Cup Final; Australia-India defence cooperation; Indo-Pacific; Unsafe and unprofessional interaction with PLA-N; Quad; AUKUS.