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Television Interview, Sky News - Sunday Agenda

SUBJECTS: Defence Estate Audit; Interest Rates; Economic Management; Tax Policy; Board of Peace; AUKUS; President Herzog Visit to Australia.  HOST, ANDREW CLENNELL: All right, well joining me live is the Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, Richard Marles. Richard Marles, thanks…

Radio Interview, ABC Hobart Drive

SUBJECTS: Defence Estate Audit, AI KYLIE BAXTER [HOST]: An independent audit found that large parts of the Defence Department's 3 million hectare estate are just not needed anymore and many facilities have deteriorated beyond repair. And in Tasmania, 15 ADF sites have now been identified for…

Doorstop, Victoria Barracks Sydney

SUBJECTS: Defence Estate Audit; Perth Terrorism Charge; Social Cohesion; Australian War Graves; President Herzog Visit; AUKUS; Capital Gains Tax; Bondi Junction Coronial Inquest. 

Doorstop, Parliament House

SUBJECTS: AUKUS; Capital Gains Tax; President Herzog Visit; Labor Party donations JOURNALIST: Is the government considering changes to the capital gains tax? MARLES: Our position in respect of housing policy hasn’t changed, and that includes the tax arrangements around housing policy. It’s…

Television Interview, Sky News First Edition

SUBJECTS: Capital Gains Tax; Housing; Defence Estate Audit; Defence Budget; President Herzog visit PETER STEFANOVIC, HOST: Joining us live now from Canberra is the Deputy Prime Minister, Richard Marles. Minister, good to see you this morning, thanks for your time. So, let’s start there today.…

Television Interview, Sunrise

SUBJECTS: Housing; Defence Estate Audit; Defence Budget HOST, NATALIE BARR: For more, let's bring in our Defence Minister, Richard Marles, live in Canberra. Morning to you. DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, RICHARD MARLES: Good morning, Nat. BARR: Is now the time to wind back our military…

Television Interview, ABC News Breakfast

SUBJECTS: Defence Estate Audit; Defence Budget; Housing HOST, EMMA REBELLATO: The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles joins us now from Parliament House in Canberra. Thanks very much for joining us. DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, RICHARD MARLES: Morning, Emma.…

Television Interview, Today Show

SUBJECTS: Defence Estate Audit; Defence Budget; Capital Gains Tax; Inflation; President Herzog Visit; Valentine’s Day SARAH ABO, HOST: It does look good. You know who else loved it? The Deputy Prime Minister, Richard Marles, who was watching that with keen interest. So let’s bring him in.…

Radio Interview, ABC Melbourne

SUBJECT: Defence Estate Audit ALI MOORE, HOST: Richard Marles is the Minister for Defence and the Deputy Prime Minister. Richard Marles, hello. RICHARD MARLES, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER: Good afternoon, Ali. How are you? MOORE: Good. So today the news does sort of beg the question of why it’s taken so…

Radio Interview, ABC Mornings Western Australia

SUBJECTS: Divestment of Defence property NADIA MITSOPOULOS, HOST: Now, top of the show, I told you how Defence will be selling off or ending the lease on 64 sites around Australia. Now, this is a big deal. Another three will be partly divested. The Irwin Barracks in Karrakatta and Leeuwin…

Delivering the Future Defence Estate

The Albanese Government is undertaking the most significant reform to the Defence estate ever to ensure it is fit‑for‑purpose – providing the ADF with the facilities and capabilities it needs to keep Australians safe. Today, the Albanese Government has released a public version of the Defence…

Press Conference, Parliament House

SUBJECTS: Defence Estate Audit; The Secretary of the Department of Defence; Syria RICHARD MARLES, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER: Today, the Albanese Government is announcing the most significant reform to Australia’s Defence estate in our nation’s history. For any organisation, its home, its land, its…