Transcripts

Radio Interview, ABC Perth Drive

SUBJECTS:AUKUS; Submarine Rotational Force-West; AUKMIN; Middle East Conflict; Fuel Excise; World Cup OLIVER PETERSON, HOST: Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles joins me on Drive, good afternoon. RICHARD MARLES, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER: Good afternoon, Ollie. How are you? PETERSON: I'…

Doorstop, Rockingham

SUBJECTS: Middle East Conflict; US Army equipment and materiel in Australia at Albury-Wodonga (Bandiana); AUKUS; AUKMIN; Indo-Pacific; Pauline Hanson; World Cup; Hancock Prospecting JOURNALIST: How confident are you the Iran peace deal is going to hold, and how long will Australia's…

Television Interview, ABC News Afternoon Briefing

SUBJECTS: UK defence minister resignation; Defence spending; AUKUS SARA TOMEVSKA, HOST: For the Government's view I want to now bring in Pat Conroy, the Defence Industry Minister. Pat Conroy, welcome to Afternoon Briefing. PAT CONROY: Thanks for having me. TOMEVSKA: There were some scathing…

Press Conference, London

Subjects: AUKMIN, AUKUS, global security, critical minerals, Middle East conflict

Opening Remarks, Australia-United Kingdom Ministerial Consultations (AUKMIN)

UK FOREIGN SECRETARY, YVETTE COOPER: Well Penny, Richard, welcome. It is a huge pleasure for us to have you here. This is such an important relationship for us, with a strong history that we have between our countries, but also so much of our shared interests and shared values in the face of…

Statement to Media, Berlin

It is an enormous pleasure to be here in Berlin today, and to be here with my good friend Boris Pistorius. The Australian-German defence relationship is really an inflection point. We acknowledge and welcome Germany's increased defence spending, its increased defence capability. And as we are…

Radio Interview, ABC RN Breakfast

Subjects: Death of Professor Richard Scolyer AO, Middle East conflict, Australian missile manufacturing, Newspoll SALLY SARA, HOST: Defence Minister Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Senator Penny Wong will meet with their German and UK counterparts this week, as well as official meetings in…

Television Interview, ABC 7.30

SUBJECT: AUKUS. DAVID SPEERS, HOST: Richard Marles welcome to the program.  RICHARD MARLES, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER: Good evening David. SPEERS: So you've argued this is what you wanted all along. Why then didn't you say that?

Radio Interview, ABC RN Breakfast

SUBJECTS: Virginia-class submarines, visit to Australia by Solomon Islands Prime Minister SALLY SARA: Well, there's fresh debate about the value of the AUKUS deal with the US and UK, after the Federal Government this week scrapped plans to buy a new Virginia-class submarine in favour of an…

Television Interview, Sky News Australia

SUBJECTS: AUKUS; nuclear-powered submarines PETER STEFANOVIC, HOST: You're with First Edition on this Wednesday morning, folks. Thanks for your company. Well, the Defence Minister, Richard Marles last night put up a strident defence of AUKUS after criticism over the pact from one his own party.…

Defending Australia Summit 2026 Q&A

SUBJECTS: AUKUS; Collins Class LOTE; Defence Spending; Middle East Conflict; Indo-Pacific; Taiwan CAMERON STEWART, MODERATOR: Okay, Richard, first of all, thank you very much for coming along tonight and taking questions. On behalf of The Australian we definitely appreciate it. Hugely…

Opening Remarks, Australia-India Defence Ministers' Dialogue, New Delhi

SHRI RAJNATH SINGH, DEFENCE MINISTER OF INDIA: I would like to thank you for taking the time to come here for the Defence Minister’s Dialogue. Before I proceed ahead, I would like to congratulate your government on the recent key defence leadership, the first woman Defence Secretary and the…