Australia and Timor-Leste are deepening their partnership through more than $60 million in new Australian investments to strengthen cooperation on security, resilience, and regional engagements. Over ...

Australia and Timor-Leste have today signed a new bilateral Defence Cooperation Framework, reinforcing both countries’ shared commitment to peace, security and prosperity in our region. The Defence ...

The Albanese Government is delivering on its commitment to establish a Working Group in Oakey to address issues relating to PFAS contamination from Swartz Barracks. The Oakey Working Group will bring ...

The Albanese Government will this week mark a major milestone in the development and testing of advanced undersea warfare capabilities for the Australian Defence Force (ADF) at Maritime Big Play ...

I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. I pay my respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to Aboriginal and Torres ...

Following the historic signing of the Papua New Guinea-Australia Mutual Defence Treaty, known as the Pukpuk Treaty on 6 October 2025, today we announce that from next month eligible Papua New Guineans ...

Subjects: Australia-Papua New Guinea Ministerial Forum outcomes, Defence recruitment, PNG telecommunications reform, Bougainville, visa access. PENNY WONG, FOREIGN MINISTER: I thank Minister ...

The Australia-Papua New Guinea Ministerial Forum will take place in Port Moresby today, bringing ministers together to advance our shared priorities and deepen our partnership. This will be the first ...

JUSTIN TKATCHENKO, PNG FOREIGN MINISTER: Well, good morning everybody, and it's a pleasure to have the Deputy Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister of Australia here with all the other Ministers, ...

SUBJECTS: HMAS Leeuwin incident, ADF culture, Defence reforms. JAMES GLENDAY: Now, an Australian Defence Force member has been identified as a person of interest after a recording device was found in ...