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I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet today and pay my respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging. As the Assistant Minister for Defence, I also pay my respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women who have served our nation in the past and continue to do so today. My Parliamentary colleagues; Leaders of defence industry,

I begin by acknowledging the Ngunnawal people as traditional custodians of the land we are meeting on and recognise any other people or families with connection to the lands of the ACT and region. I pay my respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging. I also pay my respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who have served our nation in the past and continue to do so today.

I begin by acknowledging the Ngunnawal people as traditional custodians of the land we’re meeting on, and recognise any other people or families with connection to the lands of the ACT and region. As the Assistant Minister for Defence and the Assistant Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, I also pay my respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women who have served our nation in the past and continue to do so today.

I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet today, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, and I pay my respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging. As the Assistant Minister for Defence, Assistant Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Assistant Minister for the Republic, I also pay my respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women who have served our nation in the past and continue to do so today.

I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet today, the Darumbal people, and pay my respects to their elders, past, present and emerging. As the Assistant Minister for Defence and the Assistant Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, I also pay my respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women who have served our nation in the past and continue to do so today.

I begin by acknowledging the Kaurna people, traditional custodians of Adelaide, and as the Assistant Minister for Defence, I also pay my respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women who have served our nation in the past and continue to do so today. Federal and State Parliamentary Colleagues; Senior Defence leaders; Distinguished Guests; Friends All;

I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the Hunter Valley, the Wonnarua Nation, and I pay my respects to their elders, past, present and emerging. As the Minister for Defence Industry, I also pay my respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women who have served our nation in the past and continue to do so today. Our host, Tim Owen, Chair of Hunter Defence, My Parliamentary Colleagues:

I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the Hunter Valley, the Wonnarua Nation, and I pay my respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging.  As the Minister for Defence Industry and Capability Delivery, I also pay my respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women who have served our nation in the past and continue to do so today.  Our host, Chair of Hunter Defence, Tim Owen;  Former Defence Minister and former Member for Hunter, the Honourable Joel Fitzgibbon;  Lord Mayor of Newcastle, Nuatali Nelmes;

I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet today, the Wonnarua Nation, and I pay my respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. As the Assistant Minister for Defence, Assistant Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Assistant Minister for the Republic, I also pay my respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women who have served our nation in the past and continue to do so today.

I wish to acknowledge the traditional owners of Dharawal Country and pay my respects to Elders past and present. As the Minister for Defence Industry, I also pay my respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women who have served our nation in the past and continue to do so today. Thank you Anna for that introduction, and for the hard work you do on behalf of the people of Shellharbour in the New South Wales Parliament. I also acknowledge my Federal Colleagues:

I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet today, the Dharawal people and pay my respects to their elders, past, present and emerging. As the Assistant Minister for Defence, I also pay my respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women who have served our nation in the past and continue to do so today. My Parliamentary Colleague, the Member for Cunningham, Alison Byrnes MP;

INTRODUCTION I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet today, the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, and pay my respects to their Elders past and present. I also pay my respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women who have served our nation in the past and continue to do so today. And I thank current and former Australian Defence Force personnel for their service. Thank you Professor Flake for your welcome, 

Can I start by acknowledging the Gadigal people, that traditional owners of the land on which we meet today and pay my respects to their elders past and present. Can I acknowledge Vice Admiral Mark Hammond, the Chief of Royal Australian Navy. Can I acknowledge Vice Admiral Rtd. Tim Barrett who is today representing AMDA. I also acknowledge Justin Giddings, a very proud Geelong not-for-profit which is our host of this event today. Can I acknowledge Anoulack Chanthivong and thank him for his speech, the Minister for industry and trade in the New South Wales Government.

The Lowy Institute is one of Sir Frank Lowy’s great legacies to our country. Michael, you have played an essential role in bringing Sir Frank’s vision to reality, and building the Lowy Institute into a respected voice on both the national and international stage. The Institute helps to define and shape the Australian foreign policy and security debate, and I thank you for the invitation to address this Conference on the Indo-Pacific Operating System.

Good morning. I’m honoured to be here today at the National Defence College. I am keenly aware of the important work you do in preparing the defence and national security leaders of the future. This is my second visit to your exciting country – my first was in 2015, in my former role as Minister for Education and Training. I have many fond memories of that visit to New Delhi and Mumbai – of being engaged with your political leaders including Prime Minister Modi, your educational institutions and your policy bodies.

Acknowledgements I acknowledge the Ngunnawal people as traditional custodians of the land we meet on and recognise any other people or families with connection to the lands of the ACT and region. As Minister for Defence Industry, I also pay my respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women who have served our nation in the past and continue to do so today. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, the Honourable Richard Marles MP.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I acknowledge the Ngunnawal people as traditional custodians of the land we meet on … and recognise any other people or families with connection to the lands of the Australian Capital Territory and region. I pay my respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women who have served in Australia’s armed forces. And I thank all Australian Defence Force personnel for their service. Senior leaders of the ADF and the Department of Defence.

CHRISTOPHER PYNE: Firstly, I would like to thank Professor Don Winter, who has been assisting government now over several years, assisting us particularly with our submarine build over a period of time, and other important parts of this naval shipbuilding capability that we’ve been trying to build in Australia. And he has- because of his good work, we have continued to want him to be with us, and he will now head up the Naval Shipbuilding Advisory Board.

I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet today, the Larrakia people – and pay my respects to their Elders past and present. Later this year, I hope we can all walk together by recognising First Nations people in our Constitution and through a Voice to Parliament. As Assistant Minister for Defence, let me also respect the many ADF personnel and veterans here this morning.

I’d like to thank Minister Shin for hosting me in Seoul and allowing me the honour of addressing the 2023 Seoul Defense Dialogue in such esteemed company as Ban Ki-Moon.

It’s a privilege for me to be here with you this morning as Assistant Minister for Defence and Veterans Affairs. Citizen soldiers have sacrificed time and time again for our nation’s defence since federation, and indeed, in times when the colonies maintained their own militias pre-1901. Across both world wars, so many volunteered to serve from New South Wales. As this memorial solemnly reminds us, so many didn’t come home. We remember them. The units of today’s Royal New South Wales Regiment draw lineage from those sacrifices.

Thank you to the IISS for convening the 21st Shangri-La Dialogue, the third I have attended as Australia’s Defence Minister.  I would like to acknowledge generational leadership change in our host country. The Indo-Pacific can now continue to benefit from the experience and wisdom of Senior Minister Lee in the years ahead as we look forward to working closely with Prime Minister Wong. And we do this as next year Australia prepares to mark the 10th anniversary of the Australia-Singapore Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

On It’s fantastic to be meeting with you here this morning on Gadigal land. I acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora nation as the traditional owners – and pay my respect to their Elders, past and present. It’s a privilege to here alongside scientists, innovators, industry leaders and so many other climate practitioners. I can feel the passion we all share for a clean energy future for our nation.

I would like to acknowledge the Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we meet, and pay my respects to their Elders, past and present. I also acknowledge all those who have, or continue to serve our nation in uniform, and the families who support them. Today I am proud to dedicate this new sculpture on behalf of the Australian people in recognition of those who have suffered as a result of their service to our nation.

Thank you to Telstra for the introduction and Gerard Henderson and the Sydney Institute for inviting me to speak this evening. And to my parliamentary colleagues in the room tonight, it is good to see you here.

Thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen it is a great honour to be with you today. The work of the centre is important and I am really very grateful for the building of the relationship for people-to-people links and the organisational support of the development, the enhancement of this relationship, which is more important than ever, as we know.

I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet today, the Jagera people and Turrbal people, and pay my respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. As the Assistant Minister for Defence, Assistant Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Assistant Minister for the Republic, I also pay my respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women who have served our nation in the past and continue to do so today.

**** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY *** Good afternoon everyone. It’s a pleasure to be among friends here at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, an institution that has done so much to support clear-eyed national security decision making in a complex world.

Three weeks ago, Australians elected a new Government under the leadership of Anthony Albanese. And it’s my honour to represent Australia at the 19th Shangri-La Dialogue as the new Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence. My thanks to the Director-General and Chief Executive of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, Dr John Chipman, for the invitation to speak to you. I also want to thank Singapore for hosting this time-honoured event.

Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Melissa Price MP, today announced seven small businesses that will partner with Rheinmetall Defence Australia on two major projects for the Australian Army.  Visiting the new headquarters of Supashock Australia in Adelaide, Minister Price said the seven companies will share in nearly $20 million of work under the LAND 400 Phase 2 and LAND 121 Phase 5B.