Transcripts

Doorstop interview, Parliament House, Canberra

SUBJECTS: Peter Dutton's $3 billion fighter jets pledge; Australia's support for Ukraine; Chinese warships off the WA coastline. MINISTER FOR DEFENCE INDUSTRY PAT CONROY: Peter Dutton's defence thought bubble is exactly that. It's lasted 24 hours and is already unravelling. When he made that…

Interview with Tom Connell, Sky News

SUBJECTS: Australia’s aid to Ukraine; Recommendations of the Independent Defence Strategic Review; Australia's investment in AUKUS. TOM CONNELL: A lot of the world's attention has been on Ukraine, particularly after the fallout between the Ukrainian President and the US President Donald Trump…

Press Conference, HMAS Albatross

HMAS ALBATROSS, NOWRA SUBJECTS: $313 million funding for Sikorsky Australia, Naval maintenance of helicopters, Chinese flotilla off the coast of Australia. FIONA PHILLIPS: I’m delighted to be here at Sikorsky Australia today, of course with my good friend the Minister for Defence Industry and…

Doorstop, Avalon

SUBJECTS: Chinese Naval Vessels off the Coast of Australia; Self Propelled Howitzer Project; Ukraine; Defence Spending; General Purpose Frigates.  JOURNALIST: Minister, we're still seeing the Chinese Task Group in Australian waters. Is it embarrassing the way this has been handled in recent…

Opening remarks, Hanwha Avalon

SUBJECTS: Hanwha, Defence Industry Australia

Television Interview, Sky News

SUBJECTS: Chinese Navy Vessels off the coast of Australia; Defence Spending; Hassan Nasrallah’s Funeral; Peter Dutton's Register of Interests. KIERAN GILBERT, HOST: Welcome back to Newsday. Joining me live now is the Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles. Thanks for your time,…

Radio Interview, ABC RN Breakfast

SUBJECT/S: Chinese Naval Vessels off the Coast of Australia. SALLY SARA, HOST: Who knew what and when? They're the questions being asked in Canberra this week after Defence officials confirmed they only learned about China's live firing in the Tasman Sea 40 minutes after the firing window opened,…

Press conference, Beresfield

SUBJECTS: Opening of new JFD facility in Beresfield, manufacture of hyperbaric recompression chambers, local jobs. ALLAN DU TOIT: Good morning everyone, I'd just like to extend a very warm welcome to you all to our new facility here in Beresfield. I'd like to extend a special warm welcome to the…

Radio Interview, ABC North Queensland

SUBJECTS: Defence Housing in Townsville; Medicare. ALEX CHAMBERS, HOST: I do have Richard Marles, who's the Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, who's on the program this morning. Good morning, Richard Marles. RICHARD MARLES, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER: Good morning, Alex. How are you?

Television Interview, ABC Weekend Breakfast

SUBJECT/S: Chinese Naval Vessels off the Coast of Australia. Fauziah IbrahiM, HOST: As we've been reporting this morning, the Foreign Minister, Penny Wong has raised concerns about transparency around live firing by Chinese naval vessels in the Tasman Sea. She's raised this with her Chinese…

Television Interview, Weekend Sunrise

SUBJECT/S: Chinese Naval Vessels off the Coast of Australia. DAVID WOIWOD, HOST: Well, the Albanese Government is demanding answers from Beijing after a shock live fire exercise by Chinese warships off Australia's east coast. The military manoeuvres which have dramatically ratcheted up tensions…

Television Interview, Weekend Today

SUBJECT/S: Chinese Naval Vessels off the Coast of Australia. CLINT STANAWAY, HOST: Concern is now mounting this morning over the Chinese warships off Australia's east coast now accused of conducting a live fire exercise. ALISON PIOTROWSKI, HOST: Commercial pilots are being warned of the potential…