Speeches

Minister for Defence - Australia's Defence policy and relationship with India

INSTITUTE FOR DEFENCE STUDIES AND ANALYSES ‘AUSTRALIA’S DEFENCE POLICY AND RELATIONSHIP WITH INDIA’ 2 September 2015 **CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY** Acknowledgements Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today. And thank you to the Institute for…

Minister for Defence - Address to the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia - QT Hotel, Canberra

***Check against delivery*** Introduction Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, it is a great pleasure to speak with you today about the alliance between Australia and the United States, in the context of the forthcoming 2015 Defence White Paper. This is a timely discussion and you are an…

Minister for Defence - ADM Cyber Security Summit

Introduction It is my very great pleasure to be here today to give the keynote address at this year’s Australian Defence Magazine Cyber Security Summit. The theme of the conference “Risk, Resilience and Responsibility” is particularly apt given both the importance of the internet in our social and…

Minister for Defence - Speech - Royal Military College Graduation Parade

***Check against delivery*** Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. It is a great honour to attend a graduation parade for the first time and it’s an even greater privilege to do so today as the Reviewing Officer. Eighty-nine about to be commissioned officers stand before you, including one…

Minister for Defence - Australian Civil-Military Centre’s Civil-Military Leaders’ Workshop

***Check against delivery*** Thank you for inviting me to close this second Civil-Military Leaders’ Workshop. As leaders in our shared regional security, I particularly wish to express my thanks to the international delegates for their participation over the last four days. The workshops focus has…

Minister for Defence - Commissioning of 725 Squadron - HMAS Albatross, Nowra

***Check against delivery*** I am very pleased to be here at the commissioning of Navy’s helicopter training squadron for the MH-60R Seahawk ‘Romeo’. The commissioning of 725 Squadron here at the Naval Air Station HMAS Albatross, Nowra, is an important milestone for Navy and marks the formal…

Minister for Defence - 114th IISS Asia Security Summit: The Shangri-La Dialogue, Singapore

***Check against delivery*** Introduction Ladies and gentleman, thank you very much for the opportunity to make a contribution to this session on building cooperation between regions. Increasingly we are seeing less of a distinction between the regional and the global, making the topic we are…

Minister for Defence - Launch of first Future Destroyer Hobart, Osborne

Techport Australia, Veitch road, Osborne  **CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY** Thank you for being here on this very important day. Today is a significant milestone for the Air Warfare Destroyer Project, marking a big step forward towards the delivery of three highly capable warships to the Royal Australian…

Minister for Defence - Australian Member Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (Aus-CSCAP), Sofitel, 25 Collins Streeet, Melbourne

It’s a pleasure to be asked to speak at today’s Australian Member Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific meeting. The topic for today’s discussions, ‘Agreeing a rules-based order in the Asia Pacific’, speaks to the changes we are experiencing in regional security. The…

Minister for Defence - Sod turning ceremony RAAF Base Williamtown

Thank you to the Worimi (Wo-rim-i) Indigenous representatives for the traditional welcoming ceremony. I would like to acknowledge the hard work and attendance of Defence staff, in particular the members associated with planning the project: Brigadier Noel Beutel, Director General Capital Facilities…

Minister for Defence - Speech - ADFA Auditorium Opening - Adams Auditorium, Australian Defence Force Academy

Thank you Air Commodore Clements for your welcome and introduction. Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen – On this, my first official visit to the Australian Defence Force Academy, it is my honour to officially open the Adams Auditorium and commemorate the completion of the Australian Defence…

Minister for Defence - Speech - Chinook helicopter commissioning ceremony, RAAF Base Townsville

**Check against delivery** ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Kim Gillis, VP and Manager Director, Boeing Defence Australia Ewen Jones MP, Member for Herbert Councillor Jenny Hill, Mayor of Townsville Major General Gus McLachlan, Army Headquarters Brigadier Andrew Mathewson, Defence Materiel Organisation Brigadier…