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Merry Christmas to our Defence personnel

As 2025 comes to a close, on behalf of all our Parliamentary colleagues and the people of Australia, we extend our deep gratitude and warm wishes to the serving members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and their families for another year of exemplary service.  This Christmas we thank all…

Exercise Christmas Hop supports far north Queensland communities

Exercise Christmas Hop 2025 has brought Christmas cheer to some of Queensland’s most remote communities, helping children and families celebrate the festive season. The annual initiative reflects Defence’s commitment to supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and sharing…

Television Interview, Today Show

SUBJECTS: Federal Response to Bondi Terror Attack. SAM ARMYTAGE, HOST: Change of pace now as chilling new details emerge about the Bondi terror attack. The Federal Government is facing increased pressure over their response to the tragedy. MICHAEL (WIPPA) WIPFLI, HOST: Deputy Prime Minister and…

Television Interview, Sky News First Edition

SUBJECTS: Federal Response to Bondi Terror Attack. JAYNIE SEAL, HOST: Well for more, joining us live is Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, Richard Marles. Minister, thank you very much for joining us. In terms of the Commonwealth royal commission, are you avoiding responsibility?

Television Interview, ABC News Breakfast

SUBJECTS: Federal Response to Bondi Terror Attack; PLA Navy Task Group. OLIVIA CAISLEY, HOST: Let's return to our top story, the continuing political response to the deadly Bondi terror attack. Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles joins us now from Geelong. Thank you for chatting with me today, I…

Television Interview, Sunrise

SUBJECTS: Federal Response to Bondi Terror Attack. EDWINA BARTHOLOMEW, HOST: The Prime Minister's response to the Bondi Beach attack is in the spotlight this morning as he continues to reject calls for a royal commission into antisemitism and the Bondi terror attack, despite demands growing louder…

Radio Interview, ABC Melbourne

SUBJECTS: Bondi Terror Attack; Gun Reform   WALEED ALY [HOST]: So already the two main issues to start emerging, gun control in Australia and the social phenomenon and then the Government's response to that phenomenon of antisemitism is of course in the wake of the Bondi terrorist attack…

Television Interview, Sky

SUBJECTS: Bondi terrorist attack, social cohesion, immigration  HOLLY STEARNES [HOST]: Well, joining me live now in the studio is Assistant Defence Minister and former Special Envoy for Social Cohesion, Peter Khalil. Thank you for your time. PETER KHALIL [ASSISTANT MINISTER]: Thanks,…

World War II aircraft located in Papua New Guinea

After 82 years, the wreckage of a Royal Australian Air Force Beaufort aircraft lost during a World War II mission has been located in the rugged Baining Mountains of East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. This discovery ends more than eight decades of uncertainty for families of the…

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.