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I am very pleased to be asked by Prime Minister Scott Morrison to serve as Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs. I look forward to continuing to advance Australia’s interests around the...
It is with great sadness that I acknowledge the passing of Senator John McCain.There have been few greater friends of Australia than Senator McCain. He was apassionate supporter of the Australia-...
Joint statement:Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Marise PaynePolish Minister for National Defense, Mariusz BłaszczakThe Australian Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Marise Payne hosted the...
The content of these posts and videos is completely unacceptable. This demonstrates inadequate due diligence by Defence and any such arrangements will cease immediately, subject to legal requirements...
The Department has not, and is not intending, to issue a directive on the use of gender-neutral language.Defence policies are developed in accordance with Australian law, including the Sex...
Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, Defense Secretary James Mattis, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, and Australian Defence Minister Marise Payne met at the Hoover Institution at Stanford...
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Defense James Mattis hosted Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop and Minister for Defence Marise Payne on July 23-24 for the annual Australia-U.S...
Joint statement between UK and Australia, following the tenth Australia-UK Ministerial Meeting (AUKMIN) held in Edinburgh on 20 July 2018.On 20 July, the Secretary of State for Foreign and...
Malaysian Minister of Defence H.E Mohamad bin Sabu and Australian Minister for Defence Senator The Honourable Marise Payne, have convened the inaugural Malaysia – Australia High Level Committee...
It is completely unacceptable to use a flag of this nature.This is completely at odds with the values of the Australian Defence Force and the tens of thousands of ADF personnel who have served with...
Australians can be proud of the significant contribution the ADF has made over many years to combat the Taliban and make Afghanistan a safer place for its people and the rest of the world.It has long...
The text of the following statement is a joint release of defense ministers of Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary...
Australian Minister for Defence Marise Payne, Japanese Minister of Defense Itsunori Onodera, and U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis convened a trilateral defense ministerial meeting in Singapore...
The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Foreign AffairsSenator the Hon Marise Payne, Minister for DefenceHer Excellency Retno Marsudi, Minister for Foreign AffairsHis Excellency...
The strategic partnership between Australia and New Zealand remains the closest in our region, and continues to have global dimensions established in the days of the first ANZACs. As close neighbours...
Australia’s oldest naval mystery has been solved with the discovery of the wreck of Australia’s first submarine HMAS AE1 off the coast of the Duke of York Islands in Papua New Guinea. A...
Overview1. On 13 October 2017, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, Kang Kyung-wha, and the Minister of Defence of the Republic of Korea, Song Young-moo, hosted the Australian...
On being appointed as Minister for Defence in September 2015 I directed the Department of Defence to ensure a comprehensive response to this issue was developed and implemented. In response to that...
On behalf of every Australian, we wish the Australian athletes competing in the 2017 Invictus Games the best of luck.
The Invictus Games are an international, adaptive sports competition for...
I extend my sincere condolences and those of the Australian Government to the Singapore Armed Forces and the family of full-time National Serviceman 3rd Sergeant Chan Hiang Cheng Gavin following his...
