The Hon Richard Marles MP
Deputy Prime Minister
Minister for Defence

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles, will welcome New Zealand Minister of Defence, The Hon Judith Collins KC, to Australia today for a bilateral Defence Ministers’ Meeting.

Australia and New Zealand are closer than ever, tightly bound by our shared history, deep people-to-people links, and alignment in our strategic, foreign and trade interests.

The Deputy Prime Minister will host Minister Collins in Sydney where they will discuss their shared commitment to modernise and strengthen the bilateral defence alliance between our two countries.

Quotes attributable to Deputy Prime Minister, Richard Marles:

“Australia’s security partnership with New Zealand was founded in the days of the first ANZACs and formalised through ANZUS. Today, that partnership is stronger than ever.

“Our Trans-Tasman Alliance is seeing us train, integrate and operate more closely together.

“We look forward to continuing to work together to advance our collective interests, and contribute to the peace, stability and security of our shared region.”