Statements

Joint Statement on the Ninth Australia-Indonesia Foreign and Defence Ministers' 2+2 Meeting

Australian and Indonesian Foreign and Defence Ministers met for the Ninth Australia–Indonesia Foreign and Defence Ministers’ 2+2 Meeting on 28 August 2025 in Canberra. Ministers met in a spirit of genuine friendship, deep respect and shared resolve to deepen bilateral cooperation and discuss…

Joint Statement on Australia-UK Ministerial Consultations (AUKMIN) July 2025

Statement on Australia-UK Ministerial Consultations (AUKMIN) July 2025

Statement on Australia-UK Ministerial Consultations (AUKMIN)

On 16 December 2024, the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs the Rt Hon David Lammy MP and the Secretary of State for Defence the Rt Hon John Healey MP hosted the Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator the Hon Penny Wong and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for…

Joint statement on Australia-New Zealand Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultations (ANZMIN)

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Rt Hon Winston Peters MP and Minister of Defence Hon Judith Collins KC MP hosted Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence the Hon Richard Marles MP and Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator the Hon Penny Wong on 6 December in…

Joint Statement on Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) 2024

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosted Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles on August 6 in Annapolis, Maryland, to strengthen further the U.S.-Australia Alliance and the two countries…

Joint statement on Australia-New Zealand Ministerial Consultations (ANZMIN) 2024

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence the Hon Richard Marles MP and Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator the Hon Penny Wong hosted New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Rt Hon Winston Peters and Minister of Defence Hon Judith Collins KC on 1 February in…