Overview

• Leaders launched the upgraded Comprehensive Strategic Partnership at Canberra talks, establishing a 10-year roadmap as they marked 60 years of ties.
• Defence ministers signed a memorandum to enhance reciprocal access to facilities, expand joint training, and deepen collaboration in defence science, logistics and professional exchanges.
• Singapore will grant enhanced access to its air and naval bases, enabling Australia to deploy more forces in Southeast Asia.
• The partnership targets resilient supply chains for critical goods and extends cooperation to space, artificial intelligence, the net‑zero transition and people-to-people links.
• The leaders discussed the Optus network failures, with condolences offered to affected families and Singtel pledging full support for the independent investigation.