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Travel to Belgium and Germany

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles, will travel to Belgium and Germany this week. In Brussels, the Deputy Prime Minister will attend the 33rd Ukraine Defence Contact Group meeting, co-chaired by the United Kingdom and Germany.The Ukraine Defence Contact Group…

Radio Interview, ABC Perth

SUBJECTS: Expanded veteran wellbeing support; Recruitment into ADF space operations roles; The importance of space in National Security. OLY PETERSON, HOST: If you or someone you love is a veteran, you know that getting help to get back on track and restart civilian life can be a challenge.…

Television Interview, ABC News Breakfast

SUBJECTS: Recruitment for Space Operations roles in the ADF; President Herzog Visit; Coalition leadership JAMES GLENDAY, HOST: Let's get a little bit more on those new space jobs we've been telling you about all morning. And the Minister for Defence Personnel, Matt Keogh, joins us now from…

Television Interview, Today Show

SUBJECT: Space operations recruitment KARL STEFANOVIC, HOST: Well, in a giant leap for Australia's national security, the Defence Force is announcing new roles relating to the big unknown: space. SARAH ABO, HOST : The new specialised roles aim to prepare our forces for threats that are beyond…

Space Jobs Launch and Building Renaming Ceremony

I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land, the Ngunnawal people, and pay my respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging.  I also pay my respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women who have served our nation in the past and continue to do so today…

Defence launches new space roles in the ADF

One small step into space operations means a giant leap in capability for our ADF. Today I can announce that Australians gravitating towards a career in the ADF can now apply for a job in Defence’s new frontier of space. Direct-entry recruitment is now open for two new roles, Space Operations…

Television Interview, Sky News - Sunday Agenda

SUBJECTS: Defence Estate Audit; Interest Rates; Economic Management; Tax Policy; Board of Peace; AUKUS; President Herzog Visit to Australia.  HOST, ANDREW CLENNELL: All right, well joining me live is the Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, Richard Marles. Richard Marles, thanks…

Radio Interview, ABC Hobart Drive

SUBJECTS: Defence Estate Audit, AI KYLIE BAXTER [HOST]: An independent audit found that large parts of the Defence Department's 3 million hectare estate are just not needed anymore and many facilities have deteriorated beyond repair. And in Tasmania, 15 ADF sites have now been identified for…

Doorstop, Victoria Barracks Sydney

SUBJECTS: Defence Estate Audit; Perth Terrorism Charge; Social Cohesion; Australian War Graves; President Herzog Visit; AUKUS; Capital Gains Tax; Bondi Junction Coronial Inquest. 

Doorstop, Parliament House

SUBJECTS: AUKUS; Capital Gains Tax; President Herzog Visit; Labor Party donations JOURNALIST: Is the government considering changes to the capital gains tax? MARLES: Our position in respect of housing policy hasn’t changed, and that includes the tax arrangements around housing policy. It’s…

Television Interview, Sky News First Edition

SUBJECTS: Capital Gains Tax; Housing; Defence Estate Audit; Defence Budget; President Herzog visit PETER STEFANOVIC, HOST: Joining us live now from Canberra is the Deputy Prime Minister, Richard Marles. Minister, good to see you this morning, thanks for your time. So, let’s start there today.…

Television Interview, Sunrise

SUBJECTS: Housing; Defence Estate Audit; Defence Budget HOST, NATALIE BARR: For more, let's bring in our Defence Minister, Richard Marles, live in Canberra. Morning to you. DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, RICHARD MARLES: Good morning, Nat. BARR: Is now the time to wind back our military…