Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I'm very much looking forward to welcoming Secretaries Cameron and Shapps to my home town of Adelaide. Adelaide will play a key role in building the AUKUS fleet. It's set to create more than 8,000 jobs, and the Deputy Prime Minister and I will be showing them what South Australian shipbuilders can do. I'll be meeting with Foreign Secretary Cameron shortly and we will sign two memorandums of understanding. One MOU will see Australia and the United Kingdom cooperate more closely when we respond to crises and major incidents. Recently, in Ukraine, Sudan and the Middle East, Australia and the United Kingdom have worked together on the ground, and we want to build on this great work.

The second MOU will focus on how we can work together to strengthen our shared efforts to help end gender based violence, including in South-East Asia and the Pacific. In our region and beyond, with traditional partners and new partners, the Albanese government is advancing Australia's interests.