Transcripts

Doorstop: Introduction of the Defence Amendment (Call Out of the Australian Defence Force) Bill 2018, Canberra

CHRISTIAN PORTER:        Well, good morning everyone and thanks for being here. I'm here obviously with Marise Payne, the Minister for Defence, and today's announcement is with respect to a significant change, but perhaps not an overdue change, to the threshold for the participation and potential…

2+2 Press conference with Defence Minister Marise Payne, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, and Defence Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu

JULIE BISHOP            Defence Minister Payne and I are truly delighted to welcome Ministers Marsudi and Ryacudu here for the purposes of our annual 2-Plus-2 meeting. Indeed, we noted that it’s the third time that four ministers have been taking part in our 2-Plus-2 meeting. We had a very warm and…

Land 400, Singapore Military Training Initiative

ADAM STEPHEN: The LNP, federal politicians and even a newspaper are claiming victory for securing a multi-billion-dollar contract to build tanks in Queensland. The lion's share of this work is actually going to be done in the south, but there may be some pretty decent-sized scraps coming this way,…

Interview with Minister for Defence Maries Payne - ABC Capricornia

SHERIDAN STEWART: Meanwhile, of course, the big news of the day, Queensland has won the race to build $5 billion worth of fighting vehicles as part of the largest purchase in the Australian Army's history. A German contractor has been set to build the 211 light armoured vehicles at a new facility…

LAND 400 Announcement

LT GENERAL ANGUS CAMPBELL - CHIEF OF ARMY: Welcome to Gallipoli Barracks, the home of the Australian Army in south-east Queensland. On all of our behalves, I acknowledge the Turrbal people the traditional custodians of the land on which we are meeting today and also as the Chief of the Army, the…

Press Conference with the Prime Minister, Minister for Defence and Minister for Defence Industry - Offshore Patrol Vessels project

PRIME MINISTER: Well, good morning. We are undertaking the largest revitalisation, the largest modernisation, the largest investment in Australia’s Navy since the Second World War. We are giving you, the men and women of our Navy, the capabilities to keep our borders secure, to keep us safe in…

Joint Door Stop with Foreign Minister Bishop at the Demilitarized Zone, the Republic of Korea

JULIE BISHOP: Thank you Colonel Lee for hosting us here at the DMZ today. Australia’s Defence Minister Senator Marise Payne and I are in South Korea for the third what’s called “2+2” meeting between Australia and the Republic of Korea’s Foreign and Defence Ministers. This is a timely visit, for…

Transcript- Sky News Interview with Kieran Gilbert

KIERAN GILBERT: With me now, the Defence Minister Marise Payne. Minister, thanks so much for your time. A lot to talk about, including we saw the major Sea Power Conference in Sydney this week, and one of the lingering concerns around the massive submarine project, the $50 billion project, is that…

Media Doorstop, Washington DC

Subjects: Counterpart meeting with Secretary Mattis; North Korea; Iran; DJI Drones; Philippines; Foreign Fighters; Afghanistan; Syria. QUESTION:                            Minister, what can you tell us about your meetings today? MARISE PAYNE:                   

Defence Minister Marise Payne and Secretary of National Defense of the Philippines Delfin Lorenzana - Doorstop, Manilla

DELFIN LORENZANA: Marise Payne of Australia. She is the Minister of Defence and has been to talk to us, talk to me, to find out how Australia can help with some of the problems in the Philippines like what is happening in Marawi. As background, a couple of months back she and I talked on the phone…

Sixth Seoul Defense Dialogue doorstop

MARISE PAYNE: Good morning ladies and gentlemen. It's a great pleasure to be here in Seoul this morning for the sixth Seoul Defense Dialogue, which - as I said in my remarks - is an extremely important opportunity for regional countries and, in fact, countries far more broadly on the international…

Interview with Minister of Defence Marise Payne - ABC Radio National Drive

PATRICIA KARVELAS: South Korea’s acting chief of the Defense Ministry has confirmed North Korea is readying the launch of a ballistic missile, possibly an ICBM. How much do we know about this impending missile launch? MARISE PAYNE: Patricia, we obviously rely on intelligence reports of this nature…