It has been a great honour to serve as Australia’s Minister for Defence. The safety and security of the people of Australia is the first priority of government. During the last nine months, there...
I welcome the decision of the Japanese Government to reform its defence policies to enable Japan to play a greater role in promoting peace and security in our region and internationally. The reforms...
I speak today to update the Parliament and the Australian people about Australia’s Defence operations in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, the broader Middle East region and our maritime approaches. IRAQ...
Joint Statement 11 September 2015 Foreign Ministers Yun Byung-se and Julie Bishop and Defence Ministers Han Min-koo and Kevin Andrews met in Sydney today at the Second Foreign and Defence...
1. Senior Dialogues and Consultation Activity or proposed activity (a) Australia and the Republic of Korea (ROK) hold biennial Foreign and Defence Ministers’ 2+2 meetings. (b) ...
India’s Minister of Defence, Manohar Parrikar, hosted the Australian Minister for Defence, Kevin Andrews, in New Delhi on 2 September 2015 to discuss issues of shared strategic interest and the...
Building on the personal relationship of Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Abbott, I am pleased to visit India for the first time as Australia’s Defence Minister. India is the emerging...
The Defence Teaming Centre (DTC) comments this week undermines the certainty that defence industry in South Australia is looking for. I have been advised by Defence that the figures used by DTC are...
Hugh White claims that the Government’s plan to invest in appropriately capable maritime forces is a mistake and part of a cynical vote buying exercise. This couldn’t be further from the truth. As...
Yesterday evening I was advised by the Chief Executive of BAE Systems Australia, Mr Glynn Phillips, that BAE intends to announce further reductions of their Williamstown workforce. The Government is...
Over the next few decades, the biggest regeneration of the Royal Australian Navy since the Second World War will take place. That regeneration will be the centrepiece of the Abbott Government’s fully...
1. Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, and Australian Minister for Defence Kevin Andrews held trilateral defense ministerial talks in Singapore on May 30...
The Abbott Government is committed to a sustainable Australian naval shipbuilding industry. Sadly, years of neglect by the former Labor government has left shipbuilding in a precarious and uncertain...
Today, Bill Shorten and the Labor Party proposed to delay the Future Submarine Programme by an additional five years, on top of the six years of delay and inaction when Labor was in government....
Following his announcement earlier this week, I thank the outgoing Chief Executive of the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO), Mr Warren King, for his hard work and service. Mr King has had a long...
E&OE... Mr Deputy Speaker, I rise today to update the Parliament and the Australian people about Australia’s missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. IRAQ – OVERVIEW Last month the Prime Minister and...
I was delighted to visit the Australian Submarine Corporation (ASC) with a number of my South Australian parliamentary colleagues earlier today. This was my second formal visit to ASC as the newly...
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