News Articles for Richard Marles

The team-building skills and discipline Andrew Hastie needed to survive on the battlefield have clear applications for his political career.

More than a year after Australia committed to buying nuclear-powered submarines, industry is no closer to knowing how it will be involved in the project.

Defence Minister Richard Marles has promised more oversight after identifying billions of dollars in budget blowouts and major delays in military projects.

East Timor president Jose Ramos-Horta has urged the Albanese government to help progress a lucrative gas project and has ruled out any Chinese military base.

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has called for a boost in migration levels to help solve the country's skills shortage.

Australia will continue to work with its allies to promote stability in the region, following rising tensions between Beijing and Washington, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says.

Richard Marles has named former defence and foreign affairs minister Stephen Smith to co-lead a strategic review of Australia's defence force.

Increasing Australian industry participation in the defence sector will be a key goal for the new government.

The government will consider using whatever mechanisms are available to counter constrained gas supply on the east coast as price hikes begin to bite.

Anthony Albanese has announced his 23-person cabinet with some major responsibilities for Western Australians in the outer ministry.

After being thrust into the international spotlight, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will focus on his domestic agenda when he returns from overseas.

The new Labor government will hit the ground running following the election as the exact make up of parliament remains unclear.

Our political leaders need to show a united front on the China-Solomons deal rather that trying to outmuscle each other.

More than $60,000 was spent by federal WA MPs on Facebook advertising over the past three months, according to recent financial disclosures published by the social media giant.

Madeleine King has taken on the resources portfolio in the opposition's frontbench reshuffle as Anthony Albanese has made the bold assertion he will win the next federal election.

Labor leader Bill Shorten has named his opposition ministry, with WA MPs Gary Gray and Melissa Parke awarded the resources and assistant health portfolios respectively.

Whether or not Kevin Rudd – Kevin07 during the campaign – takes Labor into power on November 24, nobody will ever be able to take from him that he has managed to make a very average mob look like winners.