Defence Ministers of Australia and Singapore, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC and Dr Ng Eng Hen, conducted a video conference today to mark 30 years of the Singapore Armed Forces training at the...
WE, the Defence Ministers of the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Australia, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of India, Japan, the Republic of Korea,...
The Defence Ministers from Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and United Kingdom reaffirmed their nations’ continued commitment to the Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA), and commended...
Joint statementPrime Minister, the Hon. Scott Morrison MPMinister for Home Affairs, the Hon. Peter Dutton MPA new investigative body will be established to assess and examine the findings of the...
The Minister of Defense of Japan, Mr KISHI Nobuo, and the Australian Minister for Defence, Senator Linda Reynolds, met in Tokyo on 19 October 2020 to continue to build close bilateral defence and...
Canada’s Minister of National Defence, the Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, chaired a videoconference of defence ministers from the Five Eyes nations - Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the...
Joint statement:Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Marise Payne Afghan Army deserter Hekmatullah, who murdered three off-duty Australian soldiers in 2012 in a cold-blooded crime of...
Throughout the pandemic the Australian Defence Force (ADF) has been postured to respond to requests for support from the states and territories at very short notice. From 21 March 2020, ADF...
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper hosted Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne and Minister for Defence Linda Reynolds on July 28 in Washington for the 30th...
Most Australians would be unaware of how much we rely on space technology to power our everyday lives.From my morning walk using a fitness app, to my video conferences with defence ministers around...
Joint statementMinister for Defence, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC & Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Marise Payne Australia has many friends, old and new. In the strategically...
Joint statementMinister for Foreign Affairs & Minister for Women, the Hon Marise PayneWe will travel to the United States to attend the 2020 Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations...
I have spoken with French Minister of the Armed Services, Florence Parly, via videoconference to discuss the progress of the Future Submarine Program, as well as Australia’s 2020 Defence Strategic...
Defence ministers from Australia, New Zealand, France, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Chile and Tonga met via videoconference for a virtual South Pacific Defence Ministers’ Meeting on 07 July 2020.Ministers...
Australian Minister for Defence Linda Reynolds, Japanese Minister of Defense KONO Taro, and U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper convened a virtual trilateral defense ministerial meeting on July 7 (...
The defence ministers from the Five Eyes nations (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States) met via videoconference on 22-23 June. Ministers reaffirmed their...
Joint statementPrime Minister, the Hon Scott Morrison MPMinister for Home Affairs, the Hon Peter Dutton MP Protecting Australia’s economy, national security and sovereignty is the Government’s...
Joint statement:Florence Parly, Minister of Defence of the French Republic We have held our first quarterly meeting to review the progress of the Future Submarine Program following our...
Further to my public statement issued on Monday evening following the ABC Four Corners program, Killing Field, I advise that I have today made a formal referral to the Commissioner of the Australian...
I am deeply disturbed by what has been aired in tonight’s Four Corners report.I have been steadfast in my support for the IGADF Inquiry which is investigating allegations about the conduct of...
