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Richard Marles

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Richard Marles

@RichardMarlesMP

Deputy Prime Minister of Australia. Minister for Defence. Member for Corio. Authorised by Richard Marles, ALP, Geelong.

Geelong

Joined February 2012

Richard Marles
@RichardMarlesMP
Jun 22
We’ve just signed a historic government-to-government agreement with Canada to export our world-leading Over the Horizon Radar (OTHR) system. This is Australia’s largest ever defence export, supporting more than 1,000 direct and indirect Australian jobs and bringing a new
minister.defence.gov.au
Australia and Canada sign landmark agreement on Over the Horizon Radar export
The Albanese Government has delivered the nation’s largest ever defence export, with the signing of a government-to-government arrangement with Canada to export an Australian Over the Horizon Radar...
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Richard Marles
@RichardMarlesMP
Jun 19
Australia remains steadfast in our support for Ukraine and we are pleased to be providing an additional $100 million in assistance to Ukraine for vital military equipment. We will make two additional $50 million contributions to the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL)
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Richard Marles
@RichardMarlesMP
Jun 18
AUKUS will deliver a critical capability for Australia’s defence, but it will also deliver life-long careers, support local economies and help Australia to grow our self-reliance. That’s why the WA Submarine Discovery Centre in Rockingham has officially opened its doors today.
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Anthony Albanese
@AlboMP
Jun 14
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Richard Marles
@RichardMarlesMP
Jun 10
Pleased to attend the 16th Australia-UK Ministerial Consultations in London today alongside Foreign Minister @SenatorWong The UK is one of our closest friends and our oldest defence partner. Together, Australia and the UK will continue to champion our shared commitment to
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Richard Marles
@RichardMarlesMP
Jun 9
Australia and Finland might be far apart but we have a lot in common, and we’re learning from each other and doing more with each other when it comes to Defence cooperation. In my conversations with President Stubb and my counterpart, Antti Häkkänen we talked about the measures
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Richard Marles
@RichardMarlesMP
Jun 8
It was only a few months ago that I welcomed the German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius to Canberra. Today, alongside our Foreign Ministers @SenatorWong and Dr. Johann Wadephul, we were able to meet again and start to discuss a Status of Forces Agreement, which will make it much
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Richard Marles
@RichardMarlesMP
Jun 1
Australia is proud to partner with Indian cricket legend Kapil Dev and his charity Kinship for Humanitarian Social and Holistic Intervention, on a new mental health initiative for teachers and students. This Australian Government development partnership will deliver support for
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Dr. S. Jaishankar
@DrSJaishankar
Jun 1
A pleasure to meet Deputy Prime Minister & Defence Minister @RichardMarlesMP of Australia today. Shared assessments on regional developments, Indo Pacific and further advancement of our Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. 🇮🇳 🇦🇺
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Richard Marles
@RichardMarlesMP
Jun 1
This week we held the second annual Australia-India Defence Ministers’ Dialogue, where Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh and I spoke about turning our deep strategic trust into practical defence cooperation. Peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific rely on us working closely with our
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Richard Marles
@RichardMarlesMP
May 31
A quick catch up with my counterparts from the Republic of Korea and Japan at the 2026 Shangri-La Dialogue 🇦🇺 🇰🇷 🇯🇵
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Lawrence Wong
@LawrenceWongST
May 31
Pleasure to meet Australia DPM & Defence Minister @RichardMarlesMP at the Istana. Discussed regional security and ways to deepen defence cooperation, including reciprocal access to facilities and supply chain resilience. Look forward to strengthening our partnership further.
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Richard Marles
@RichardMarlesMP
May 30
AUKUS represents the biggest leap in Australia's military capability in more than a century and we are delivering it alongside our close partners — the United States and the United Kingdom. Great to meet with Secretary Hegseth and Secretary Healey in Singapore for our AUKUS
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