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Visit by New Zealand Minister of Defence

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles, will welcome New Zealand Minister of Defence, The Hon Judith Collins KC, to Australia today for a bilateral Defence Ministers’ Meeting. Australia and New Zealand are closer than ever, tightly bound by our shared history, deep people-to…

Radio Interview, ABC Melbourne

SUBJECTS: Middle East Conflict; AUKUS; Optus; AFL Grand Final.    JUSTIN SMITH, HOST: The Acting Prime Minister, Richard Marles, also the Minister for Defence is with us on the phone. Acting Prime Minister, thank you for your time. RICHARD MARLES, ACTING PRIME MINISTER: Good…

Television Interview, Sky Afternoon Agenda

SUBJECTS: PM’s meeting with President Trump; Critical minerals; Taiwan ; Port of Darwin; PM’s visit to the United Kingdom.  TOM CONNELL [HOST]: Welcome back. The Prime Minister is staring down a difficult meeting with Donald Trump. There's AUKUS, there's tariffs, but on the Australian side,…

Television Interview, Nine News Newcastle

SUBJECTS: PFAS remediation efforts in Williamtown.    JESSICA WORBOYS [JOURNALIST]: I’ll just get you to start with your first and last name and your title, just for the tape.  PETER KHALIL [ASSISTANT MINISTER]: G’day, my name is Peter Khalil, I’m the Assistant Minister for…

Independent Defence and Veterans' Commission up and running

The Albanese Government is implementing the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide to reduce suicide and suicidality among current and ex-serving Australian Defence Force members. Today, the Defence and Veterans’ Service …

International Astronautical Congress - QUAD Nations Security Dialogue

Good morning. It is my pleasure to be able to welcome you all to the harbour city and represent the Albanese Government here today, which has a proud track record when it comes to innovation in building our space capabilities. I’d like to begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land…

Television Interview, Sky News Weekend Edition

SUBJECTS: Middle East Conflict; PM’s visit to the US; AFL Grand Final (Go Cats!).  ALEX THOMAS, HOST: Let's speak live now to Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles. Richard, very good morning to you. I'd love to just talk AFL Grand Final. We'll get to that in just a second. But what did…

Television Interview, Weekend Sunrise

SUBJECTS: PM’s visit to the UK; AUKUS; US Tariffs; AFL Grand Final (Go Cats!). DAVID WOIWOD, HOST: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has met with centre‑left leaders at a summit in London overnight, including British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Television Interview, Sky News

  SUBJECT/S: AUKUS; Australia-UK relationship; PM’s Address to the UN General Assembly; AFL Grand Final (Go Cats!) PETER STEFANOVIC, HOST: Joining us live, the Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles. Good to see you this morning, Richard. So, before we get to the footy, how important are…

Television Interview, ABC News Breakfast

SUBJECTS: AFL Grand Final (Go Cats!); PM’s Address to the UN General Assembly; Australian car industry    JAMES GLENDAY, HOST: We are joined by Richard Marles, who is a Geelong Cats fan, who also happens to be the Acting Prime Minister. Richard, welcome back to the program. I…

Radio Interview, ABC RN, Breakfast

SUBJECT/S: PM’s Address to the UN General Assembly SALLY SARA, HOST: Richard Marles is the Minister for Defence and the Acting Prime Minister. He joined me a short time ago. Welcome back to Radio National Breakfast. DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, RICHARD MARLES: Good morning, Sally, how are you? …

Television Interview, Nine, Today Show

SUBJECTS: AFL Grand Final (Go Cats!), Australia-US relationship; United Nations Security Council SARAH ABO, HOST: Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles joins me now from Geelong. Acting PM, good morning to you. I can see you’re decked out. I know you have your eyes on tomorrow’s prize. Shall I let…