Transcripts

Interview with Tom Connell, Sky News

SUBJECTS: Anniversary of AUKUS; Australia’s strategic circumstances; COP27; AFL Finals.

Interview with Patricia Karvelas, ABC Radio National

SUBJECTS: The Passing of Her Majesty The Queen; Australian High Commissioner to the UK; Russia-Ukraine conflict. PATRICIA KARVELAS: World leaders past and present are making their way to London to attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will be in…

Karl Stefanovic and Allison Langdon, Today, Channel Nine

KARL STEFANOVIC: The Queen has had a very strong relation, as we all know, with Australian Governments, Prime Ministers over the decades. Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton join us now. Richard, to you first of all, 70 years on the throne, a remarkable…

Joint press conference with UK Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace

RT. HON BEN WALLACE, U.K. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE: Welcome Richard Marles to Barrow-in-Furness. We are having a completely comprehensive visit today, not only seeing the construction of the Dreadnought submarine but also the Astute‑class, obviously with the commissioning of HMS Anson.…

Interview with Kieran Gilbert, Sky News, Afternoon Agenda

KIERAN GILBERT, HOST: Now, the Deputy Prime Minister is, in fact, in Europe at the moment. Richard Marles is travelling through Germany, France and the UK for high‑level talks about our defence ties with those nations. This includes a visit to key shipyards in Britain, which build some of the world…

Doorstop interview, Govan, Glasgow

SUBJECTS: Hunter class frigates; Solomon Islands naval visits; Australia-UK relationship. DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER: Well it’s fantastic to be here in Govan, in Glasgow, to see the progress on HMS Glasgow, the first of the Type 26 frigates which are being built for the Royal Navy. This is the reference…

Interview with Patricia Karvelas, RN Breakfast, ABC

PATRICIA KARVELAS, HOST: Solomon Islands has announced a ban on foreign naval vessels entering its port, raising more concerns around China’s growing influence in the Pacific. The announcement came as Foreign Minister Penny Wong held talks with her counterpart in PNG on a security pact between the…

Interview with Stig Abell, Times Radio Breakfast, Times Radio

STIG ABELL, HOST: Good morning to you, Richard. DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER RICHARD MARLES: Good morning, how are you? ABELL: Very good, thank you. Britain and Australia obviously have very, very close links, long been close allies. What we're talking about in The Times today mentions a collaboration to…

Interview with Allison Langdon, Nine Today

ALLISON LANGDON, HOST: Well, let’s bring in Deputy Prime Minister, Richard Marles, who’s in Barrow in the UK, and Shadow Minister for Veteran Affairs, Barnaby Joyce, in Melbourne. Nice to see you both this morning. Richard, I know you’re on the other side of the world, but no doubt you’ve been kept…

Press conference at the Ministry of Defence in Berlin, Germany

CHRISTINE LAMBRECHT, GERMAN FEDERAL MINISTER OF DEFENCE (THROUGH INTERPRETER): Minister Marles, Richard, thank you very much for coming to visit us at the Bendlerblock and Ministry of Defence in Berlin. It is a great honour for us that your first visit to Europe is a visit to Germany and that is…

Press Conference at RAAF Base Darwin

SUBJECTS: Operation Pitch Black; China; Defence Strategic Review; Port of Darwin. LUKE GOSLING: G’day, everyone, and welcome to RAAF Base Darwin. It’s awesome to have our Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles here with us today having a look around Pitch Black. So, Pitch Black…

Interview with Patricia Karvelas, ABC Radio National, RN Breakfast

PATRICIA KARVELAS, HOST: Later today, Cabinet will be presented with advice from the Commonwealth Solicitor‑General about former Prime Minister Scott Morrison being secretly sworn into five ministries that, well, were a secret – we didn’t know about. While the advice has not been made public,…