Transcripts

Ben Fordham, The Ben Fordham Breakfast Show

BEN FORDHAM, HOST: I want to quickly go to Richard Marles, who has phoned in, the Defence Minister. He wants to pay tribute as well. Richard, a shock, not entirely unexpected, considering his health difficulties, but what a man.

Kenny Heatley, Sky News Australia

KENNY HEATLEY: And I’m joined now by Pat Conroy, Industry Defence Minister, to discuss more. Minister, thanks for coming in. So, this is a big spend. It’s a historic spend you would say in defence capabilities for Australia. These missile systems that we are getting, these HIMARS, they’ve had some…

Andrew Greene, ABC Australia

JOURNALIST: More now on the billion-dollar Defence purchase. The Defence Industry Minister says that the decision to purchase the HIMARS weapons system and naval strike missiles has been endorsed by the officials overseeing a large-scale review of our military preparedness. Precise details of the…

Interview with Damian Smith, ABC Perth Mornings

DAMIAN SMITH: It's exactly 50 years since the Whitlam Government ended the National Service Scheme, and since then Australia has relied on people's enthusiasm to sign up and serve in the Defence Force. But I wonder if that enthusiasm is waning, can you shed some light on this for me? Maybe you've…

Doorstop interview, Washington D.C

SUBJECTS: AUKUS Defence Ministers’ Meeting; Australia-US Alliance.

Interview with Sabra Lane, ABC AM

SABRA LANE: Australia's quest to acquire nuclear-powered submarines has been discussed at a meeting in Washington between the Defence Ministers from Australia, the US, and the UK. It's the first face to face AUKUS meeting, and comes a day after Australia's Defence and Foreign Ministers met their US…

Transcript - Opening remarks - AUKUS Defence Ministers' meeting

US SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, LLOYD J. AUSTIN III: Deputy Prime Minister Marles and Secretary Wallace thank you for coming to Washington for our first AUKUS Defence Ministerial. Yesterday at our annual US-Australia Ministerial Meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Marles and I spoke about our shared vision for…

Interview with ABC Central West Breakfast with Alex James

ALEX JAMES, HOST: Well, it feels like cybersecurity threats are becoming increasingly common. The past few months have been littered with high profile security breaches, leaving many Australians with their personal data exposed. So, what's being done to address these concerns? I spoke with…

Opening remarks - Bilateral meeting with US Defense Secretary Austin

US SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, LLOYD J. AUSTIN III: Deputy Prime Minister Marles, it’s great to see you again, welcome back to Washington. It's always great spending time together. And we've done quite a few things here in the last several months together. I just saw you a couple of weeks ago in Cambodia…

Joint Press Conference - Washington D.C

US SECRETARY OF STATE, ANTONY BLINKEN: Good afternoon. Secretary Austin and I were very happy to welcome our Australian friends, Foreign Minister Wong and Defence Minister Marles for our first AUSMIN under Prime Minister Albanese’s Government. It’s just wonderful to have you both in Washington.…

Interview with Michael Rowland, ABC News Breakfast

SUBJECTS: MH17 verdict; Release of Sean Turnell; Detention of Cheng Lei; Australia-China relationship.

Interview with Allison Langdon, Today Show

SUBJECTS: MH17 verdict; Release of Sean Turnell; Energy and gas prices; Australia-China relationship