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INTERVIEW WITH NIKOLAI BEILHARZABC ADELAIDE TUESDAY, 21 JANUARY 2024 SUBJECTS: Inauguration of Donald Trump, the future of AUKUS, $262 million investment in business opportunities for Australia.

SUBJECTS: Kongsberg defence exports announcement, COP31. RORY MCLAREN: Let's bring in another member of the Federal Defence Ministry line up. And that is Defence Industries Minister Pat Conroy. Good morning to you. MINISTER FOR DEFENCE INDUSTRY PAT CONROY: Morning, Rory.

SUBJECTS: US Congress to pass AUKUS legislation; Commonwealth Support STEM Places; AUKUS workforce; Osborne Shipyard; Cost of living SPENCE DENNY, HOST: Prime Minister's on leave at the moment until Thursday, so the Acting PM is Richard Marles. The Defence Minister is in Adelaide for a series of meetings and joins us ahead of a busy day. Minister, good morning to you.

SUBJECTS: New $200 million hangar to maintain RAAF aircraft in north Adelaide, building Australia’s sovereign defence industrial base SONYA FELDHOFF: Adelaide. We put the call out for women who like sheds because David has been selling out this big Penfield hangar that is in the process of being built as basically, my shed's bigger than yours.

SUBJECTS: Surface fleet review announcement; Julian Assange.

SUBJECT/S: Mobilization deed between ASC, BAE and the Commonwealth; ADF Workforce; Future Trump Administration. 

SUBJECTS: AUKUS SABRA LANE, HOST: To the AUKUS submarine deal. Was the Government warned by Defence or intelligence agencies that this plan might escalate tensions in the Indo-Pacific or even prompt other nations to more rapidly boost their own defences?

SUBJECTS: Annual Cyber Threat Report; High Court decision; Israel-Hamas conflict.

SUBJECTS: AUKUS; Defence Strategic Review. DAVID LIPSON, HOST:  For more, I spoke with Defence Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles. Deputy Prime Minister, thanks for your time. Normally, these contingencies are in the range of 10%. Really uncertain programmes might be up to 25%. This is 50%. What does that tell us about our capacity to actually deliver this project when you're factoring in $123 billion worth of unexpected cost overruns?

SUBJECTS: AUKUS export reforms; Middle East conflict.

SUBJECT/S: Support for Ukraine; Cost of living.

SUBJECTS: Henderson Defence Precinct; Defence Spending; PNG; Electorate offices. SABRA LANE, HOST: The Defence and Deputy Prime Minister joined me earlier. Richard Marles, thanks for joining AM. Donald Trump has been pressuring allies to spend 3.5 per cent of their GDP on defence. Yesterday you were unwilling to say what Australia's figure now is, why are you reluctant to give that figure?

SUBJECT/S: Support for Ukraine; Chinese Naval Vessels off the Coast of Australia. HOST, SABRA LANE: Richard Marles, thanks for joining AM. DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, RICHARD MARLES: A pleasure, Sabra.

SUBJECTS: ADF Personnel; Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred; AUKUS; Support for Ukraine.  SABRA LANE, HOST: We're joined now by Richard Marles, the Defence Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. He's in Brisbane. Good morning and welcome.

SUBJECTS: AUKUS; Boxer deal with Germany; Assistance to Solomon Islands; Housing Australia Future Fund.

SUBJECTS: Taipan helicopter crash, MRH-90 Taipan helicopters operation, Australia’s special operations capabilities. KIM LANDERS, HOST: And for more on the search for the victims of the Defence helicopter crash, I spoke earlier with Matt Keogh, the Minister for Defence Personnel.

SUBJECTS: Hamas-Israel conflict; Voice to Parliament; Cost of living. DAVID LIPSON, HOST: Well, more Australian government assisted evacuation flights have now left the Israeli city of Tel Aviv bound for Dubai. Richard Marles is the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, and we spoke earlier.

SUBJECTS: NATO Summit; Support for Ukraine; President Biden; AUKUS; Foreign Interference; Cyber Security.

SUBJECT/S: Landsides in Papua New Guinea; Visit to Solomon Islands; Assistance to Ukraine; Social cohesion HOST, STEVE CANNANE: Richard Marles is the Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister and he joins us now. Welcome back to the program. I'll try again. Richard, are you there? DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, RICHARD MARLES: Steve, how are you?

SUBJECTS: Veteran mental health inpatient and outpatient support, Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide.   HOST, LORETTA RYAN: It was the closure few saw coming but so many had been facing ever since. In June the Toowong Private Hospital abruptly shut its doors and it left vulnerable people in need. HOST, CRAIG ZONCA: At the time the Queensland Health Minister Tim Nicholls was at to point out. Well, take a listen.

SUBJECTS: Exercise Wallaby 2023; Shoalwater Bay Training Area; Australia-Singapore relationship.

SUBJECTS: GOVERNMENT INVESTS $45 MILLION IN BENDIGO WITH NEW BUSHMASTERS

SUBJECTS: US Marine Corps Osprey incident; Northern Territory infrastructure. JOLENE LAVERTY, HOST: Richard Marles is the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence. Good morning and thanks for joining us on ABC Radio Darwin. RICHARD MARLES, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER: It's a pleasure, thanks for having me.

SUBJECTS: 83rd Anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin; Investing in Australia’s Northern Bases; Port of Darwin; Defence Force Personnel in the NT; Federal Election; Interest Rate Cut.  LARA STIMPSON, HOST: Deputy Prime Minister, welcome back to Darwin and good morning. RICHARD MARLES, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER: Great to be here.

SUBJECTS: ADF Careers, Defence Housing ADAM STEER: Did you ever consider joining the Defence Force? And if you did serve, would you recommend it as a career path for your kids or for your mates? It's a challenge that Defence is facing at the moment. Last year, Federal Defence Minister Richard Marles had this to say:

SUBJECTS: Lee Point development; Defence Housing Australia.

SUBJECTS: 82nd anniversary of the bombing of Darwin; Defence Strategic Review.

SUBJECTS: Defence investment in NT; RAAF Darwin solar farm; Defence housing.

SUBJECTS: US Marine Corps Osprey incident; PFAS contamination; PFAS consultation forums in Darwin & Katherine.

SUBJECTS: PFAS contamination; Defence Strategic Review response; Northern bases; Supporting veterans; Defence Renewable Energy and Energy Security Program; Republic; Voice to Parliament.