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SUBJECTS: PFAS Forum Townsville.    

SUBJECTS: Vietnam Veterans’ Day, Saluting Their Service program.

SUBJECTS: ADF training incident in Townsville ADAM STEPHEN. HOST: Richard Marles is the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Defence and today he extended his condolences to the garrison city, confirming that the M113 armoured personnel carrier that was involved in the incident, as a result of the accident and the investigations that will take place, they've made the decision to ground the fleet for the foreseeable.

SUBJECTS: Defence Housing in Townsville; Medicare. ALEX CHAMBERS, HOST: I do have Richard Marles, who's the Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, who's on the program this morning. Good morning, Richard Marles. RICHARD MARLES, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER: Good morning, Alex. How are you?

SUBJECTS: RAAF Base Townsville Investment, Defence Housing 

SUBJECTS: Vanuatu Earthquake.

SUBJECTS: Paris Olympics; Australia’s contribution to the Combined Maritime Force; ARPANSA low level waste license; Energy. 

SUBJECTS: Recruitment in the Australian Defence Force, Palestine GARY ASHEAD, HOST: And the Minister for Defence Personnel joins me. Matt Keogh, thanks for coming in. MATT KEOGH, MINISTER FOR DEFENCE PERSONNEL: Good to be with you, Gary. ASHEAD: I could have swore you were in Canberra this morning. MINISTER KEOGH: I was in Canberra this morning...

SUBJECTS: National Commemorative Service to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Australian Service in the Korean War, Defence Recruitment, Middle East Conflict

SUBJECTS: Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide; Sexual misconduct in the ADF; Defence acquisition realignment   

SUBJECTS: Defence Workforce Plan. NADIA MITSOPOULOS, HOST: I do now want to go to Matt Keogh, who's the Minister for Defence Personnel. Good morning, Minister, and thank you for joining me.

SUBJECTS: AIHW veteran suicide monitor; The Royal Commission into Defence and Veterans Suicide recommendations; New wellbeing agency  

SUBJECT/S: Hamas-Israel conflict, Voice to Parliament referendum; Senate Inquiry into Bilateral Air Service Agreements; Cocos Islands airfield upgrade. JO TRILLING, HOST: Minister, good afternoon.

SUBJECTS: Russia-Ukraine Conflict; Middle East Conflict; Ghost Shark; Defence Spending; Australia-United States Relationship. 

SUBJECTS: Middle East Conflict; Collins Class Submarines; AUKUS; Peter Dutton’s Referendum Proposal; CFMEU.  GARY ADSHEAD, HOST: Richard Marles, Defence Minister, joins us on the line now. Thanks very much for your time. RICHARD MARLES, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER: Good afternoon, Gary, how are you?

SUBJECT: Japan announced as builder of Australia’s new Mogami-class frigate. 

SUBJECTS: PFAS contamination; RAAF Base Pearce / Bullsbrook; Independent Review of land uses around key Defence bases impacted by PFAS contamination.

SUBJECT/S: Chinese Naval Vessels off the Coast of Australia  GARY ADSHEAD, HOST: Straight away, let's go to the Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles. The thanks very much for joining us. Minister, it's a pleasure. RICHARD MARLES, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER: Gary, how are you?

Subjects: new ADF Ready app, expansion of eligibility for ADF to Permanent Residents from Five Eyes nations WARWICK LONG, HOST: Joining you now, Matt Keogh, Federal Member for Burt, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Defence Personnel, welcome to the program. 

SUBJECTS: Government Response to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. ALI MOORE, HOST: Matt Keogh is the Minister for Veterans' Affairs. Minister, welcome to Drive. MINISTER FOR VETERANS’ AFFAIRS AND DEFENCE PERSONNEL, MATT KEOGH: Hi, Ali, great to be with you.

SUBJECTS: Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide, Claims backlog, Defence Amendment (Safeguarding Australia’s Military Secrets) Bill 2023

SUBJECT/S: Submarine announcements, drones for Ukraine, Julian Assange, Kevin Rudd, Law Reform Commission report

SUBJECTS: Defence Minister’s address to the National Press Club, Integrated Investment Program. ANDY PARK: "Our environment is characterised by the uncertainty and tensions of entrenched and increasingly strategic competition between the United States and China." Those were the words of the Defence Minister, Richard Marles, at the National Press Club this afternoon. He didn't mince his words when describing the imminent challenges Australia faces. 

SUBJECTS: AUKUS, Trump presidency, cost of living relief, Remembrance Day.

SUBJECTS: Steel and Aluminium Tariffs; US relationship; Support for Ukraine SALLY SARA, HOST: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles, is my guest. Mr. Marles, welcome back to Radio National Breakfast.

SUBJECTS: Australia‑United States Ministerial Consultations; US-Australia relationship; AUKUS; US National Security Strategy

SUBJECTS: AUKUS; SUSSAN LEY SPEECH; FUEL RESERVES; DEFENCE CONVENTIONS; COP HOST, SALLY SARA: Pat Conroy is the Minister for Defence Industry and Minister for Pacific Island Affairs – and joins me now. Minister, welcome back to Radio National Breakfast. MINISTER FOR DEFENCE INDUSTRY, PAT CONROY: Thanks for having me.

SUBJECTS: Royal Commission into Defence and Veterans' Suicides; new Institute of Veteran Advocates; DVA Advocate Register.  

SUBJECTS: NZYQ High Court Case; Preventative Detention Bill; Hamas-Israel conflict; Australia-France relationship; Indo-Pacific; Passing of Peta Murphy.

SUBJECTS: Middle East Conflict; G7; Australia-United States Relationship; AUKUS.