Richard Marles, the Defence Minister, announces the appointment of Vice Admiral David Johnston as the Chief of the Australian Defence Force. Marles emphasizes that Johnston was chosen based on merit and highlights the importance of his naval experience in the current efforts to strengthen Australia's military capabilities.
SARAH FERGUSON: You have just announced a naval commander , Vice Admiral David Johnston as Chief of the Australian Defence Force. Is that because the potential next frontline is in the Indo-Pacific ?
Now Japan, despite asking, has not been admitted into the Five Eyes security arrangement. Can Japan be trusted with military secrets? I mean we have long said that as we prove up AUKUS Pillar Two, as we start to get rungs on the board, there may be opportunities to work with other countries who are wanting to work with us.
AUKUS have not a security alliance. We have an alliance with the United States, we established a status of forces agreement with Britain over the course of the last month. We work very closely with the United States military already. I mean we have a deep military-to-military relationship and in interest context of our alliance with the United States, the capabilities that we bring to bear in a whole range of joint activities, we do so in a sovereign way meaning that any capability, any platform that carries an Australian flag is commanded and controlled by Australia, and that would be the case in respect of our future submarines as well.
The Philippines is the same and we are cooperating at a higher level now with the Philippines than we ever have, and that's a relationship that we place an enormous amount of store in. SARAH FERGUSON: I just want to get a bit more specific because after they released the report into the event, the Australian Government said it was not satisfied with the information it had received. So, if you're not satisfied, something must be missing in what they provided. What was it?
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