Statements

Joint Statement on Canada-Australia Partnership on Emerging Missile Defence Research

Halifax, Nova Scotia – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces Today, the Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence of Canada, and the Honourable Richard Marles, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence of Australia, released a joint statement on a new agreement to collaborate on…

Defence Partnership for the Future Statement

On 6 March 2024 the leaders of ASEAN and Australia adopted the ASEAN-Australia Vision Statement and the Melbourne Declaration, marking 50 years of ASEAN-Australia Dialogue Relations. To bolster peace and security in our region and address common security challenges, leaders committed to…

Australia-Japan-Philippines-Republic of Korea-United States Defence Ministers' Meeting joint statement

Australian Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy, Japanese Minister of Defense Nakatani Gen, Philippines Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro, Republic of Korea Minister of National Defense Kim Yong-hyun, and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III met together for the first time on…

Australia-Japan-United States Trilateral Defence Ministers’ Meeting November 2024 Joint Statement

Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles, Japanese Minister of Defense Nakatani Gen, and United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III convened the fourteenth Trilateral Defence Ministers’ Meeting (TDMM) on 17 November 2024 in Darwin, Australia.  Through…

Australia-Philippines Defence Ministers' Meeting November 2024 Joint Statement

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles and Secretary of National Defense Gilberto C Teodoro Jr held the inaugural Australia-Philippines Defence Ministers’ Meeting on 12 November 2024 in Canberra, Australia. The principals underscored their commitment to deepening political…

Joint Statement - We Remember Them

When people think of those who pull on a uniform bearing Australia’s flag, they often think of those heading into war or conflict.  But there are also those who have done, and continue to do so, to maintain peace.  November 11 is the anniversary of the armistice which ended the First…

Cooperation agreement between the Commonwealth of Australia and the State of Western Australia to deliver and sustain Australia's future Defence capabilities

INTRODUCTION1. This Cooperation Agreement (CA) is made between the Commonwealth of Australia (the Commonwealth), as represented by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, and the State of Western Australia (the State), as represented by the Premier of Western Australia.2. This CA sets…

South Pacific Defence Ministers' Meeting - Joint Communique

Defence Ministers or their representatives from Australia, Chile, Fiji, France, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Tonga gathered in Auckland for the ninth annual South Pacific Defence Ministers’ Meeting (SPDMM) from 1 to 3 October 2024. They were joined by observers from Japan, the United…

AUKUS Defence Ministers’ Meeting Communique

Today the Right Honourable John Healey MP, Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom hosted the Honourable Richard Marles MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Australia and the Honorable Lloyd J. Austin III, Secretary of Defense, United States (U.S.) at the Old Royal Naval…

Statement on the closure of the Afghanistan Inquiry Report

Mr Speaker,  In 2016 the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force commissioned a judicial officer, Major General the Honourable Paul Brereton AM RFD, to undertake an inquiry into events in Afghanistan. This followed rumours of serious misconduct by members of the Special Operations…

Remarks upon tabling of the Final Report from the Royal Commission into Defence and Veterans Suicide

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I present the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide final report volumes 1-7. And in doing so, I say that the Albanese Government welcomes this report.  As the Prime Minister said earlier today, at the beginning of Question Time, I would like to acknowledge…

Eleventh Australia-Japan 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultations

The Hon Richard Marles MP, the Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence; Senator the Hon Penny Wong, the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs; H.E. Ms KAMIKAWA Yoko, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan; and H.E. Mr KIHARA Minoru, Minister of Defense of Japan, met in Victoria…