Holden Hill, South Australia Thank you, Sir Angus Houston, for your introduction.
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Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne and Minister for Defence Linda Reynolds hosted Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on 4 August in Sydney for the 29th Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) to deepen economic, security, and strategic coo
THE Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has completed a search and recovery mission in Indonesia for the remains of 10 Australian airmen aboard Catalina A24-50, 76 years after the aircraft failed to return from a wartime mission.
I congratulate Chief Defence Scientist Professor Tanya Monro on winning the 2019 South Australian Award for Excellence in Women’s Leadership.
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More than 270 Australian Defence Force personnel have been farewelled at Robertson Barracks in Darwin today ahead of their upcoming deployment to the Middle East Region.
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The Hon Alex Hawke MP, Assistant Defence Minister and Minister for International Development and the Pacific, will today travel to the Federated States of Micronesia where he will represent Australia at the inauguration of the country’s new President, His Excellency David Panuelo.
The closing ceremony for Exercise Talisman Sabre 2019 has been held in the Port of Brisbane today, marking the conclusion of Australia’s largest bilateral defence exercise with the United States.
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For the first time in over 60 years, a Victoria Cross medal will leave Australian shores to be loaned to an international museum. The event marks a significant milestone celebrating Australia’s longstanding historic relationship with Ireland.
AUSTRALIAN Service Contingents 1 and 2 who served in Rwanda on Operation Tamar were today recognised with the award of a Meritorious Unit Citation.
The Marine Rotational Force-Darwin reached a major milestone this week with the arrival of additional US Marines in Darwin, bringing the total number of Marines in the Northern Territory to its full strength of 2,500.
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HOST: As you saw at the top of the program, a big day in Canberra unfolding on the domestic political front, but also an important overseas visitor in the Papua New Guinea Prime Minister, James Marape, talking to Scott Morrison and others about all sorts of issues including borde
Today I met with Papua New Guinea’s Minister for Defence, the Hon Saki Soloma MP, to discuss our enduring Defence Cooperation Program.
SEVEN First World War soldiers who died during the Battle of Fromelles in 1916, previously buried as unknown soldiers, have received new headstones following their formal identification by the 2019 Fromelles Identification Board.
Between 13 to 15 July, I visited Afghanistan, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates to meet with Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel and advance our defence engagement with key regional leaders.
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Thank you Nick for that very warm welcome.And congratulations to IISS for the success of the Shangri-La Dialogue which I had the great fortune to attend in the second day of the job as Minister for Defence.
The opening ceremony for Exercise Talisman Sabre 2019 has been held in the Port of Brisbane today on the USS Ronald Reagan to formally launch Australia’s largest bilateral exercise with the United States.
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