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SUBJECTS: Western Australia Shipbuilding; Housing; Cost of Living.

SUBJECTS: Government Response to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide.

SUBJECTS: Australia’s future general purpose frigates; AUKUS; Middle East conflict; Australian Defence Force recruitment  PATRICIA KARVELAS, HOST: I want to bring in the Defence Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister, Richard Marles. Welcome.

SUBJECTS: Chinese flotilla, inquiry into sexual violence Force, veteran advocates.

SUBJECTS: AUKUS; Chinese ships heading towards Australia; low-cost visas for people from PNG. STEPHANIE BORYS: To other news today, Defence Minister, Richard Marles and Foreign Affairs Minister, Penny Wong, have met with their American counterparts in Washington, D.C. Top of the agenda was AUKUS. The US recently completed a review into the security partnership between Australia, the US and UK. While details of that review have not been made public, there was a very clear motto.

SUBJECTS: China

SUBJECT/S: UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

Subject/s: NATO Summit; US Presidential Election; Indo-Pacific Four; Australia’s additional support for Ukraine.  DAVID WOIWOD: Mr Marles, you met with the President earlier today, we've seen some pictures, you seemed to be having a really good time with him today. What was spoken about in that very brief encounter? And how did you find him?

SUBJECTS: Defence Strategic Review, AFL stadium for Hobart. DAVID KOCH, HOST: Joining me now, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, Richard Marles. Minister, thanks for your time this morning. Before we get into the detail of the Strategic Review, what are people saying that releasing it around Anzac Day took the focus away from our diggers?

Subject/s: NATO Summit; Indo-Pacific Four; Australia’s additional support for Ukraine; US Presidential Election JONATHAN KEARSLEY: Deputy Prime Minister significant day from Australia's perspective, $250 million for Ukraine. Why this decision? Why now? 

SUBJECT/S: AUKUS

SUBJECTS: China HOST, LIN LIN: Meantime, Australia's Defence Minister, Richard Marles, also talked about the country's ties with China. Here is a slice of our first on CNBC conversation.

SUBJECTS: Shangri-La Dialogue; Australia-US relationship; AUKUS; Defence spending; Australia-France relationship.  LIN LIN, HOST: Minister, great to have you here. Thank you for joining CNBC.  RICHARD MARLES, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER: Great to be back. 

SUBJECTS: Shangri-La Dialogue; Australia-US relationship; AUKUS; Defence spending; Australia-France relationship.  LIN LIN, HOST: Minister, great to have you here. Thank you for joining CNBC.  RICHARD MARLES, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER: Great to be back. 

DANICA DEGIORGIO, HOST: Returning now to one of our top stories. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has landed in Sydney as he begins an official visit. Joining me now live is Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles. Thank you so much for joining us this morning. What will be on the agenda for these bilateral talks?

SUBJECTS: High Court decision; Annual Cyber Threat Report. PETER STEFANOVIC, HOST: Let's go to Canberra now. Joining us is the Deputy Prime Minister and the Defence Minister, Richard Marles. Richard, good to see you. Thanks for your time, as always. So, we will start there. Was the government blindsided by that High Court decision?

SUBJECTS: Defence Strategic Review, Support for Ukraine, Sudan DAVID SPEERS, HOST: Richard Marles, welcome to the program.

SUBJECTS: Announcement of the BAE Systems contract; the Hunter as a defence hub; importance of defence to the Albanese Labor Government. JACK HOWARD: An exciting announcement. Tell us a bit about it.

SUBJECTS: New military and humanitarian assistance package for Ukraine; Veteran Employment Program launch; Ashes rivalry; Republic.

TOM CONNELL, HOST: Pacific leaders have descended on South Korea for high level defence talks in the first Korea-Pacific Islands Summit. Top of the agenda: security threats posed by China and North Korea. Joining me live from Seoul is Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Defence Minister Marles. Thanks very much for your time. I guess just first of all you're talking about seeking to bolster military cooperation. Is there anything concrete you can announce or you're set to announce?

SUBJECTS: Pacific Island Forum; Ghost Shark SARAH ABO, HOST: Welcome back. Well, Australia will spend $1.7 billion to acquire dozens of ghost shark drones. As doubts surround the AUKUS deal.

SUBJECT/S: Australia-PNG Defence Treaty

SUBJECTS: PFAS remediation efforts in Williamtown.    JESSICA WORBOYS [JOURNALIST]: I’ll just get you to start with your first and last name and your title, just for the tape.  PETER KHALIL [ASSISTANT MINISTER]: G’day, my name is Peter Khalil, I’m the Assistant Minister for Defence. 

SUBJECTS: Defence Strategic Review, AFL ANZAC Day clash. KARL STEFANOVIC, HOST: The Federal Government has announced it will commit $4.1 billion of its defence spending boost to acquire and manufacture more long-range missiles.

SUBJECTS: AFL Grand Final (Go Cats!), Australia-US relationship; United Nations Security Council SARAH ABO, HOST: Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles joins me now from Geelong. Acting PM, good morning to you. I can see you’re decked out. I know you have your eyes on tomorrow’s prize. Shall I let you get that out of the way first, or what? RICHARD MARLES, ACTING PRIME MINISTER: Go Cats!

SUBJECTS: Red Sea, ASIO Threat Assessment

SUBJECTS: Bondi terrorist attack, social cohesion, immigration  HOLLY STEARNES [HOST]: Well, joining me live now in the studio is Assistant Defence Minister and former Special Envoy for Social Cohesion, Peter Khalil. Thank you for your time. PETER KHALIL [ASSISTANT MINISTER]: Thanks, Holly. STEARNES: How are you feeling? What's your reaction?

SUBJECTS: RAAF Base Townsville Investment, Apache helicopters, Defence Spending   TOM CONNELL [HOST]: Well, Labor is investing $700 million upgrade infrastructure at the RAAF Base in Townsville. It will support the introduction of Apache helicopters. Joining me live now, Assistant Defence Minister Peter Khalil. You’re allowed to just get all techie on this first question: why are these helicopters so good? 

SUBJECTS: Defence capability and delivery, AUKUS TOM CONNELL [HOST]: There’s been a major announcement in Defence, it's been the biggest overhaul in terms of capability in 50 years. Joining me is Assistant Defence Minister, Peter Khalil. Thank you for your time. So we're told not cutting, it's not a cut, it's not a spending cut, not a single job goes, nothing about this is about saving money?

SUBJECTS: PM’s meeting with President Trump; Critical minerals; Taiwan ; Port of Darwin; PM’s visit to the United Kingdom.