Minister for Defence Stephen Smith and the United States Ambassador to Australia, His Excellency Jeffrey Bleich, today exchanged diplomatic notes to bring the Australia – United States Defence Trade Cooperation Treaty into force.

Updated: May 15, 2013 11:03pm PST

Minister Smith visits the ASC

Updated: May 12, 2013 11:59pm PST

The 2013 Defence White Paper

Updated: May 12, 2013 11:56pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith visit to Timor-Leste

Updated: May 12, 2013 11:36pm PST

ANZAC Day - Hellfire Pass

Updated: Apr 25, 2013 4:21pm PST

Minister Smith and Parlsec visit 4 Combat Engineer Regiment

Updated: Apr 19, 2013 12:17am PST

Minister Smith and Parlsec visit Navy cadets

Updated: Apr 17, 2013 10:01pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith visit to the Northern Territory

Updated: Apr 11, 2013 6:20pm PST

2nd Annual 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministers’ Meeting.

Updated: Apr 07, 2013 4:37pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith and Chief of the Defence Force General David Hurley Press Conference - Transition milestone in Uruzgan Province

Updated: Mar 25, 2013 6:59pm PST

Minister Smith hosts Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Dr Zalmai Rassoul

Updated: Mar 20, 2013 10:41pm PST

Minister Smith meets with Defence's youth delegates.

Updated: Mar 20, 2013 9:15pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith hosted Vietnam’s Minister of National Defense, General Phung Quang Thanh

Updated: Mar 18, 2013 10:51pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith meets with International Red Cross Committee Director of Operations, Mr Pierre Kraehenbuehl

Updated: Mar 17, 2013 7:50pm PST

Minister Smith meets with UN Under-Secretary-General Terje Rod-Larsen

Updated: Mar 12, 2013 8:15pm PST

Gender in Defence and Security Leadership Conference

Updated: Mar 12, 2013 5:34pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith at Avalon Air Show 2013

Updated: Feb 26, 2013 3:39pm PST

Naming Ceremony - NUSHIP Canberra

Updated: Feb 25, 2013 2:28pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith at NATO, 2013

Updated: Feb 25, 2013 1:57pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith meets with Swedish Defence Minister, Karin Enstrom at Karlberg Castle

Updated: Feb 20, 2013 9:15pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith visit to Tarin Kot

Updated: Feb 19, 2013 2:19pm PST

LHD Naming Ceremony NUSHIP Canberra

Updated: Feb 14, 2013 8:08pm PST

Minister for Defence at the Australian Industry Congress

Updated: Feb 11, 2013 6:10pm PST

Memorandum of Understanding signed for the Cooperative Delivery of Care and Support to Eligible Persons

Updated: Feb 05, 2013 7:24pm PST

AUKMIN 2013

Updated: Jan 24, 2013 7:46pm PST

Prime Minister Julia Gillard announces new Cyber Security Centre

Updated: Jan 23, 2013 7:48pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith meets with Danish Minister for Defence, Nick Haekkerup

Updated: Dec 17, 2012 1:26pm PST

Minister Smith visits the Air Warfare Destroyer facility in Adelaide

Updated: Dec 12, 2012 10:39pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith visits LHD01 in Melbourne

Updated: Dec 02, 2012 6:15pm PST

C-130H Retirement

Updated: Dec 02, 2012 1:30pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith meets with Chairman Afghan Transition Coordination Commision, Dr Ashraf Ghani

Updated: Nov 28, 2012 3:42pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith meets with Italian Secretary of State, Staffan De Mistura

Updated: Nov 27, 2012 3:50pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith, Press Conference, Update on implementation of Defence Cultural Reform Program

Updated: Nov 27, 2012 3:45pm PST

Arrival of the sixth C-17A Globemaster at RAAF Base Amberley

Updated: Nov 22, 2012 10:48pm PST

MINDEF meets with New Zealand Counterpart

Updated: Nov 15, 2012 11:32pm PST

AUSMIN reception at Indiana House

Updated: Nov 14, 2012 11:04pm PST

AUSMIN 2012 - John Curtin House

Updated: Nov 14, 2012 9:33pm PST

AUSMIN - Matilda Bay

Updated: Nov 14, 2012 6:35pm PST

AUSMIN Press Conference

Updated: Nov 14, 2012 6:28pm PST

AUSMIN Bilateral Meeting

Updated: Nov 14, 2012 6:24pm PST

AUSMIN Opening

Updated: Nov 14, 2012 6:19pm PST

AUSMIN Ministers lay a wreath at the Flame of Remembrance at the Kings Park Memorial in Perth.

Updated: Nov 14, 2012 12:32am PST

MINDEF and United States Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta sign a memorandum of understanding

Updated: Nov 13, 2012 10:54pm PST

AUSMIN 2012

Updated: Nov 13, 2012 3:53pm PST

MINDEF and United States Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta at Campbell barracks

Updated: Nov 13, 2012 2:05pm PST

MINDEF greets United States Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta

Updated: Nov 13, 2012 1:58pm PST

Remembrance Day

Updated: Nov 11, 2012 7:07pm PST

CPL Daniel Keighran, VC Investiture Ceremony

Updated: Oct 31, 2012 11:12pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith meets with Chairman of Joint Chief of Staff Committee, Pakistan, General Wynne NI

Updated: Oct 31, 2012 2:36pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith speaking at the Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) Cyber Security Conference

Updated: Oct 23, 2012 7:23pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith at the NATO/ISAF Defence Ministerial Meeting

Updated: Oct 14, 2012 3:17pm PST

MInister for Defence Stephen Smith meets with Major General Hamid

Updated: Oct 10, 2012 3:48pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith visit to Tarin Kot

Updated: Oct 09, 2012 10:11pm PST

Soldier On

Updated: Oct 03, 2012 11:32pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith meets with PNG First Assistant Secretary Stategic Policy and Force Development, Mr Norman Dongi

Updated: Oct 03, 2012 7:20pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith meets with German Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Defence of Germany, Christian Schmidt

Updated: Oct 03, 2012 7:18pm PST

Minister Smith meets ADFPP Defence participants

Updated: Oct 02, 2012 11:18pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith Meets IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano

Updated: Oct 02, 2012 3:26pm PST

Minister Smith visits Japan

Updated: Sep 25, 2012 11:38pm PST

Minister Smith attends Merdeka Day Commemorative Service

Updated: Sep 17, 2012 11:34pm PST

4th Australia-Japan Foreign and Defence Ministerial 2+2 consultations

Updated: Sep 13, 2012 10:57pm PST

Singapore Australia Joint Ministerial Committee 2012

Updated: Sep 10, 2012 7:00pm PST

Air Warfare Destroyer Keel Laying Ceremony

Updated: Sep 09, 2012 5:55pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith visit to Indonesia

Updated: Sep 09, 2012 5:29pm PST

Minister Smith visits Hanoi to talk with Vietnam's Minister of National Defense General Phung Quang Thanh

Updated: Sep 04, 2012 7:05pm PST

Minister Smith announces the Government's decision to acquire an EA-18G Growler capability.

Updated: Aug 23, 2012 2:17pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith meets with Solomon Islands Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo

Updated: Aug 21, 2012 3:40pm PST

Minister Smith meets with the Head of the Joint Secretariat of the High Peace Council, Masoom Stanekzai.

Updated: Aug 20, 2012 8:04pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith meets with General Jim Mattis, Commander, U.S. Central Command

Updated: Aug 13, 2012 9:31pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith speaking on the 2013 Defence White Paper

Updated: Aug 13, 2012 9:30pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith visit to RIMPAC 2012

Updated: Jul 26, 2012 6:48pm PST

C130H handover to Indonesia

Updated: Jul 02, 2012 4:17pm PST

Minister for Defence officially receives ADV Ocean Shield

Updated: Jul 01, 2012 6:57pm PST

The Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith, meets with the United Kingdom Parliamentary delegation

Updated: Jun 19, 2012 9:44pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith with Chilean Minister for Defence Andrés Allamand

Updated: Jun 18, 2012 4:09pm PST

The Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith, and the Secretary General NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Updated: Jun 14, 2012 4:04pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith visits China

Updated: Jun 11, 2012 11:26pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith at the Shangri-La Dialogue, Singapore.

Updated: Jun 02, 2012 4:14pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith visits RAAF Base Pearce Air Show

Updated: May 22, 2012 6:14pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith at the Air Power Conference

Updated: May 09, 2012 7:08pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith and Admiral Verma, Chief of Staff Committee, India

Updated: Apr 30, 2012 6:54pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith visits the Solomon Islands.

Updated: Apr 29, 2012 9:34pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith visits Papua New Guinea

Updated: Apr 27, 2012 12:01am PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith visits HMAS Stirling and tours the USS Michigan

Updated: Apr 26, 2012 11:42pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith - ANZAC Day PNG

Updated: Apr 24, 2012 9:11pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith - Legacy Services Trust

Updated: Apr 24, 2012 2:28pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith at NATO

Updated: Apr 22, 2012 8:45pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith in Abu Dhabi

Updated: Apr 15, 2012 8:29pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith visit to Afghanistan

Updated: Apr 11, 2012 8:03pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith welcomes troops from the United States Marine Corp

Updated: Apr 09, 2012 8:23pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith Greets USMC members at Darwin Airport

Updated: Apr 03, 2012 9:46pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith and the Singaporean MINDEF visit to Perth

Updated: Mar 23, 2012 3:44am PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith meets with Singapore's Minister of Defence

Updated: Mar 21, 2012 11:24pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith signs condolence book for the victims of the tragic Swiss bus accident

Updated: Mar 18, 2012 5:06pm PST

Defence Minister Stephen Smith and Foreign Minister Senator Bob Carr welcome their Indonesian counterparts Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa and Defence Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro to Parliament House

Updated: Mar 14, 2012 10:38pm PST

The response to reviews into aspects of Defence and Australia Defence Force Culture

Updated: Mar 06, 2012 10:21pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith and Brunei Deputy Minister of Defence, Data Paduka Haji Mustappa bin Haji Sirat

Updated: Feb 28, 2012 8:09pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith meets Vietnamese Vice Minister for Defence, Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh

Updated: Feb 20, 2012 8:49pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith meets with Xanana Gusmao

Updated: Feb 19, 2012 5:49pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith - Visits the United Kingdom

Updated: Feb 16, 2012 5:27pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith visits NATO HQ - Day 2

Updated: Feb 03, 2012 8:01pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith visits Brussels - Day One

Updated: Feb 02, 2012 3:33pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith at Seapower 2012

Updated: Jan 31, 2012 10:16pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

Updated: Jan 30, 2012 6:59pm PST

Australia-New Zealand Defence Relationship Framework

Updated: Jan 30, 2012 4:39pm PST

AUKMIN 2012

Updated: Jan 24, 2012 9:54pm PST

HMAS Choules Commissioning

Updated: Dec 15, 2011 2:25pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith meets with Republic of Korea Minister for National Defense General Kim Kwan-Jin

Updated: Dec 14, 2011 4:43pm PST

The Australian Army Launch of Plan Beersheba

Updated: Dec 12, 2011 9:28pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith visit to India

Updated: Dec 11, 2011 1:54pm PST

Anti-Ship Missile Defence (ASMD) Upgrade project - Announcement

Updated: Nov 28, 2011 1:31pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith and Prime Minister Gillard thank 34 Squadron for their support

Updated: Nov 22, 2011 8:35pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith at Sydney II Memorial Service

Updated: Nov 21, 2011 4:56pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith attended the 40th Anniversary of the Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) Defence Ministers' Meeting in Malaysia.

Updated: Nov 07, 2011 4:04pm PST

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith visits Changi

Updated: Nov 06, 2011 10:01pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith at Five Power Defence Arrangements (FDPA) Defence Ministers' Meeting

Updated: Nov 03, 2011 4:26pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith visits Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery (Kranji) Singapore

Updated: Nov 02, 2011 8:27pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith press conference at Parliament House, Darwin.

Updated: Oct 20, 2011 10:55pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith visit to Darwin

Updated: Oct 20, 2011 2:46am PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith Visit to NATO - ISAF Meeting at Brussels

Updated: Oct 10, 2011 9:52pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith visit to Menin Gate

Updated: Oct 07, 2011 7:46pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith Visits Afghanistan

Updated: Oct 03, 2011 9:22pm PST

Welcome to Service for fifth C-17A Globemaster

Updated: Sep 22, 2011 9:37pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith at AUSMIN 2011

Updated: Sep 19, 2011 1:06am PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith takes delivery of the RAAF's 5th C-17

Updated: Sep 19, 2011 12:49am PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith with Peter MacKay PC QC MP, Minister for National Defence Canada

Updated: Sep 11, 2011 8:53pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith calls on the UN Secretary- General

Updated: Sep 07, 2011 8:17pm PST

Announcement of Ex Largs Bay to be named HMAS Choules

Updated: Aug 17, 2011 2:42pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith Visits Washington and New York

Updated: Jul 31, 2011 9:51pm PST

800th Bushmaster rolls of the Production Line

Updated: Jul 21, 2011 10:00pm PST

Release of the Rizzo Report

Updated: Jul 18, 2011 8:38pm PST

Minster for Defence, Stephen Smith visits Solomon Islands

Updated: Jul 13, 2011 8:38pm PST

Defence Ministers and the New Defence Chiefs pay their respects to the fallen at the AWM

Updated: Jul 03, 2011 7:05pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith Visits HMAS Stuart

Updated: Jul 03, 2011 6:52pm PST

NATO-ISAF Defence Ministers Meeting

Updated: Jun 13, 2011 5:33pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith attends the Shangri-La Dialogue 2011

Updated: Jun 05, 2011 2:42pm PST

New Defence Chiefs Announced

Updated: May 31, 2011 8:47pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith Farewells HMAS Toowoomba

Updated: May 20, 2011 1:05am PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith visit to No.36 Squadron, RAAF Amberley

Updated: May 20, 2011 12:56am PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith visited 7th Brigade at Gallipoli Barracks, Enoggera

Updated: May 20, 2011 12:43am PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith visits Woomera Test Range

Updated: May 02, 2011 10:41pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith attends ANZAC Day in Afghanistan

Updated: Apr 25, 2011 12:06am PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith visits Tarin Kot Afghanistan on the eve of ANZAC Day

Updated: Apr 24, 2011 11:27pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith Visits Timor Leste

Updated: Apr 17, 2011 8:48pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith meets with Mr James Clapper, Director National Intelligence USA.

Updated: Mar 24, 2011 2:43pm PST

NATO ISAF Meetings March 2011

Updated: Mar 15, 2011 3:00pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith meets with VADM David Venlet

Updated: Mar 02, 2011 2:25pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith at the Avalon Air Show

Updated: Mar 01, 2011 2:36pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith with General Ryoichi Oriki

Updated: Feb 14, 2011 9:04pm PST

The Australia-New Zealand Defence Ministers’ Talks

Updated: Feb 09, 2011 10:31pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith meets with the NATO Deputy Secretary - General, Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero.

Updated: Feb 08, 2011 6:59pm PST

Centenary Royal Australian Navy Coin Launch

Updated: Feb 03, 2011 2:47pm PST

Victoria Cross for Australia Investiture

Updated: Jan 23, 2011 12:00am PST

AUKMIN 2011

Updated: Jan 20, 2011 1:36pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith and CDF visit RAAF Amberley during the 2011 Ipswich Floods

Updated: Jan 12, 2011 1:57am PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith and Commander US Pacific Command, Admiral Robert Willard

Updated: Dec 11, 2010 8:39pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith, Admiral Willard, and CDF visit HMAS Stirling

Updated: Dec 09, 2010 8:55pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith visits Headquarters Joint Operations Command

Updated: Nov 30, 2010 8:46pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith meets with Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Teo Chee Hean

Updated: Nov 22, 2010 3:40pm PST

NATO ISAF Summit - Lisbon

Updated: Nov 21, 2010 12:49pm PST

Remembrance Day 2010

Updated: Nov 10, 2010 11:39pm PST

AUSMIN 2010

Updated: Nov 08, 2010 2:01pm PST

Inaugural ASEAN-Plus Defence Ministers Meeting

Updated: Oct 18, 2010 5:17pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith Visit to Puckapunyal

Updated: Oct 01, 2010 1:17am PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith, meets with the United States, Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral G. Roughead

Updated: Sep 30, 2010 1:07am PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith meets with the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China

Updated: Sep 29, 2010 6:24pm PST

Defence Ministers meet with the Defence Committee

Updated: Sep 27, 2010 9:31pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith visits our troops in Afghanistan

Updated: Sep 27, 2010 7:29pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith Visits HMAS Stirling

Updated: Sep 21, 2010 3:48pm PST

Visit to Campbell barracks by Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith

Updated: Sep 17, 2010 2:42pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith at the Australian War Memorial

Updated: Sep 16, 2010 9:57pm PST

Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith visits HMAS SYDNEY

Updated: Sep 16, 2010 9:52pm PST