Linda Reynolds (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

Northern Australia is a critical part of our nation's defence posture across Australia and regionally. Strengthening the ADF's relationships with key regional allies and partners is critical to ensuring that we can train, exercise and deploy on operations seamlessly, together with our allies. These initiatives strengthen the ADF's interoperability with two of Australia's most trusted and capable security partners, the United States and Singapore. Through the US Force Posture Initiatives and Exercise Talisman Sabre, the ADF is working with our ally the United States and with Japan and others to increase interoperability and maximise our regional engagement. Through our joint development of training areas with Singapore, we are also expanding cooperation and interoperability with the Singapore Armed Forces. Interoperability with our regional partners is central to developing the ADF's operational capabilities here and overseas. (Time expired)