E&OE…………… Topics: Launch of naval air warfare destroyer, NUSHIP Hobart; Australian submarines. MINISTER ANDREWS
E&OE…………… QUESTION The Minister has kindly agreed to answer some questions from the audience, so I have some helpers with microphones.
E&OE…………… Topics: Joint Strike Fighters, 2015 Budget, Greens leadership spill. MINISTER ANDREWS: This is a major project so far as the RAAF is concerned, so far as the Australian Defence Force is concerned, and particularly in relation to the local community here at Williamtown.
Topic: Execution of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, Door stop interview, Canberra MINISTER ANDREWS
E&OE…………… Topic: ADF troop deployment to Iraq LEIGH SALES: Australia has announced that an extra 330 troops will start deploying to Iraq from tomorrow. That's on top of the 200 Special Forces soldiers and 400 personnel already helping the air mission against Islamic State.
E&OE.... KEVIN ANDREWS: Ladies and gentlemen, I have with me this morning the Chair of the Principles Review of Defence, Mr David Peever, together with the Chief of the Defence Forces, Air Chief Marshall Mark Binskin, and the Secretary of the Defence Department, Mr Dennis Richardson.
E&OE…………… Topic: Maintenance of Armidale Class Patrol Boats BEN FORDHAM Kevin Andrews, good afternoon. MINISTER ANDREWS Good afternoon Ben. BEN FORDHAM
E&OE……………………….. KEVIN ANDREWS: Thank you very much ladies and gentlemen. It’s certainly been a week for decision and delivery in defence and I have with me this morning Rear Admiral Mark Purcell who is the head of Maritime Systems Division at the Defence Materiel Organisation.
E&OE……………………….. Topics: Defence Pay, Iraq Deployment, Submarines MICHAEL BRISSENDEN:
DAVID SPEERS: Kevin Andrews, thank you for your time. KEVIN ANDREWS: Thank you, David. DAVID SPEERS:
E&OE…… Minister Andrews: Good morning. I’m very pleased to be here this morning and be joined by the Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Tim Barrett and the Acting CEO of the Defence Material Organisation, Mr Harry Dunstall.
E&OE…………… Minister Andrews:
MINISTER ANDREWS: Thank you very much Brigadier James to you to Lieutenant General David Morrison, the Head of Army, to Major General Paul McLachlan the Head of Land Systems, my friend and Parliamentary colleague Sarah Henderson, the Member for Corangamite, ladies and gentlemen.
MINISTER ANDREWS:
NEWSREADER: We are now going to be taking you live to the Defence Minister Kevin Andrews. He's speaking live in Adelaide today. He's at the shipbuilder ASC. Let's go there now.
E&OE <START> MINISTER ANDREWS:
E&OE <START> QUESTION: What have you seen and heard here, and learned most importantly?
Senator Mathias Cormann Minister for Finance Senator for Western Australia Senator David Johnston Minister for Defence Senator for Western Australia
Topic: Cost estimates of the future submarine SMYTH: Minister welcome to the program. MINISTER: Good afternoon Michael. SMYTH: How can these ball park figures vary so much? MINISTER:
Topic:Australia’s Involvement in Iraq E&OE
Topic: Australia’s Involvement in Iraq; Combating Terrorism E&OE HUTCHISON:
Re: Iraq. LEIGH SALES: And a short time ago, I was joined from Perth by the Defence Minister David Johnston. David Johnston, is Australia being goaded into war, as Christine Milne asserts? DAVID JOHNSTON:
With: Federal Member for Farrer Sussan Ley MP E&OE JOHNSTON:
Re: Iraq, NATO, Afghanistan, future submarine (8 September 2014) SMITH:
Topic: Australian Involvement in Iraq E&OE CARABINE: David Johnston, welcome to Breakfast. JOHNSTON: Thanks Alison. CARABINE: Minister if we could first look at logistics, when will the airlift begin? JOHNSTON:
With: Federal Member for Lindsay Fiona Scott MP E&OE SCOTT:
TONY JONES, PRESENTER: Does the Australian Government consider that joining a campaign of air strikes against Islamic State militants could be part of its humanitarian mission? Well earlier this evening, Defence Minister Senator David Johnston joined us from our Parliament House studio.
