Defence Minister Richard Marles, who is also deputy prime minister, became the first foreign counterpart to meet Hegseth since his controversial confirmation to the role, as he shored up the new ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth welcomed Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles to the Pentagon on Friday, after Australia made its first $500 million payment to the United States under ...

Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles visited Washington over the weekend, meeting with US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth in the newly-installed Trump administration. Secretary of Defense ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles for a bilateral exchange at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Feb. 7, 2025. DoD Photo Secretary of Defense ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will meet with Australia’s minister of defense, Richard Marles, on Friday, marking Hegseth’s first meeting with a foreign counterpart at The Pentagon.

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles is heading to the US for bilateral defence talks. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman “This is a known part of the pathway the Albanese government announced in ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will meet Friday with his counterpart Richard Marles, the deputy prime minister and defense minister of Australia. (Alex Brandon/AP) Australia’s defense minister ...