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Investing in the Future of Australian Air Mission Training

The Albanese Government is investing more than $300 million to transform air mission training, ensuring our Defence personnel are ready for the challenges of tomorrow. The Future Air Mission Training System (F-AMTS) will increase Defence’s aircrew training capacity by up to 70 per cent, using…

AUKUS Defence Ministers’ Meeting – Joint Statement

Today the Honorable Pete Hegseth, U.S. Secretary of War, hosted the Honourable Richard Marles MP, Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, and the Right Honourable John Healey MP, United Kingdom Secretary of State for Defence, at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. to reaffirm the…

Doorstop, Washington D.C.

SUBJECTS: AUKUS; Austal and Hanwha.   

Opening Remarks, AUKUS Defence Ministers' Meeting, Washington D.C

  SUBJECT: AUKUS

Radio Interview, ABC Radio National

SUBJECTS: Australia‑United States Ministerial Consultations; US-Australia relationship; AUKUS; US National Security Strategy MELISSA CLARKE, HOST: Federal Government ministers have been meeting their US counterparts in Washington, D.C. this week. Discussions have centred around ways to…

Television Interview, Afternoon Briefing

SUBJECTS: AUKUS; Chinese ships heading towards Australia; low-cost visas for people from PNG. STEPHANIE BORYS: To other news today, Defence Minister, Richard Marles and Foreign Affairs Minister, Penny Wong, have met with their American counterparts in Washington, D.C. Top of the agenda was AUKUS.…

Press Conference, Sydney

SUBJECTS: MQ-28 Ghost Bat announcement; successful aerial target test; the AUKUS review. MINISTER FOR DEFENCE INDUSTRY PAT CONROY: MQ-28A Ghost Bat is a broadly collaborative combat aircraft. It is the first military combat aircraft designed and built in Australia in 50 years. It increases the…

Funding boost for Australian-made Ghost Bat

The Albanese Government will invest approximately $1.4 billion to advance collaborative air capabilities, transitioning the MQ-28A Ghost Bat into a fully operational war fighting asset for the Australian Defence Force. The Government today confirmed a major milestone: the Australian-designed and…

Press Conference, AUSMIN, Washington DC

RICHARD MARLES, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER: Well, thank you, everyone for coming here this afternoon. Today Penny and I participated in AUSMIN on the 40th anniversary of the establishment of AUSMIN with Secretary Marco Rubio, the Secretary of State, and Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of…

Joint Fact Sheet on Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) 2025

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth hosted Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles on December 8 in Washington, D.C., marking 40 years of AUSMIN consultations. Building on the historic October 2025…

Joint Fact Sheet on Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) 2025

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth hosted Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles on December 8 in Washington, D.C., marking 40 years of AUSMIN consultations. Building on the historic October 2025…

Opening Remarks, AUSMIN, Washington DC

SUBJECTS: Australia‑United States Ministerial Consultations.