DARREN CHESTER: Well it’s terrific to be here this morning with the Chief of Army for the Commemorations of the 50th Anniversary of the Battles of Fire Support Bases Coral and Balmoral.
CHRISTOPHER PYNE:
JULIE BISHOP Defence Minister Payne and I are truly delighted to welcome Ministers Marsudi and Ryacudu here for the purposes of our annual 2-Plus-2 meeting. Indeed, we noted that it’s the third time that four ministers have been taking part in our 2-Plus-2 meeting.
ADAM STEPHEN:
SHERIDAN STEWART: Meanwhile, of course, the big news of the day, Queensland has won the race to build $5 billion worth of fighting vehicles as part of the largest purchase in the Australian Army's history.
E&OE: LT GENERAL ANGUS CAMPBELL - CHIEF OF ARMY:
PRIME MINISTER: Well, good morning. We are undertaking the largest revitalisation, the largest modernisation, the largest investment in Australia’s Navy since the Second World War.
E&OE… PRIME MINISTER: Well, good morning. We are undertaking the largest revitalisation, the largest modernisation, the largest investment in Australia’s Navy since the Second World War.
JULIE BISHOP: Thank you Colonel Lee for hosting us here at the DMZ today. Australia’s Defence Minister Senator Marise Payne and I are in South Korea for the third what’s called “2+2” meeting between Australia and the Republic of Korea’s Foreign and Defence Ministers.
KIERAN GILBERT: With me now, the Defence Minister Marise Payne.
Subjects: Counterpart meeting with Secretary Mattis; North Korea; Iran; DJI Drones; Philippines; Foreign Fighters; Afghanistan; Syria.E&OE…QUESTION: Minister, what can you tell us about your meetings today?MARISE PAYNE:
DELFIN LORENZANA: Marise Payne of Australia. She is the Minister of Defence and has been to talk to us, talk to me, to find out how Australia can help with some of the problems in the Philippines like what is happening in Marawi.
MARISE PAYNE: Good morning ladies and gentlemen.
PATRICIA KARVELAS: South Korea’s acting chief of the Defense Ministry has confirmed North Korea is readying the launch of a ballistic missile, possibly an ICBM. How much do we know about this impending missile launch?
MARISE PAYNE: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for joining me here this afternoon. I’m very pleased to be in Darwin this week to meet up with local colleagues, of course, but also to make a very significant announcement in relation to Defence’s engagement with local business.
Marise Payne: Thank you very much, and good morning ladies and gentlemen.
JOURNALIST: An extra layer of tension to two tribes this morning, of course with the spectre of this cold war behind us, Australia and New Zealand of course, not North Korea like you may well have expected yesterday, scenes in Parliament, just extraordinary. To explain it all, Chris Pyne and Anthony Albanese, good morning to you both.
REPORTER: Minister, good morning and welcome to AM. MINISTER: Good morning, Sabra. REPORTER: How do you interpret Kim Jong-un’s decision to hold off on missile tests? MINISTER:
JULIE BISHOP:Thank you for being here this afternoon. I am delighted to join with my colleague in Defence Minister Senator Marise Payne to welcome to Sydney Boris Johnson, the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, and Sir Michael Fallon, the Defence Secretary of the United Kingdom.
MINISTER BISHOP:
KIM LANDERS: Well, terrorism and North Korea are expected to dominate when Australia's Defence Minister Marise Payne and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop host their US counterparts for talks in Sydney today. The Defence Minister, Marise Payne, joins me now. Minister, good morning.
JAMES MCGRATH:
PRIME MINISTER:
E&OE… PATRICIA KARVELAS: As you may have heard today, the US has asked Australia to commit more troops in Afghanistan – this comes ahead of a NATO meeting later this month. Senator Marise Payne is the Minister for Defence and I spoke to her a short time ago. [Excerpt]
JULIE BISHOP I want to thank our Japanese hosts, Ministers Kishida and Inada, for welcoming us to Tokyo at this time for our seventh 2+2 meeting, that is the Foreign and Defence Ministers Meeting between Australia and Japan.
KIM LANDERS: Well the Defence Minister is Marise Payne. She's in Japan with the Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop, for high-level security talks which will focus on the heightened tensions over North Korea's missile and nuclear programs. She joins me on the line from Tokyo. Minister, good morning. MARISE PAYNE:
JULIE BISHOP Minister Payne and I are in Tokyo at an opportune moment because we are to meet this afternoon with the defence and foreign affairs ministers on matters of bilateral significance and regional and global importance.
E&OE JONATHAN GREEN: Julie Bishop, Foreign Minister, Defence Minister Marise Payne currently in Japan for talks on regional security. There's a bit of talk, that sort of talk, about elsewhere as well. It's more important now than ever.
BARRIE CASSIDY: Now next up, our program guest this morning to discuss the latest developments in Syria. We’re joined by the Defence Minister Marise Payne. Good morning, welcome. MARISE PAYNE: Good morning. Good morning, Barrie.
PRIME MINISTER: As you know, on the 4th of April, the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad committed a shocking war crime against the people of Syria with a chemical attack at Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib Province. More than 70 people were killed in horrific circumstances. Civilians, women, children, babies.
