Overview

• The inaugural Defence Ministers’ Dialogue in Canberra produced agreements on information sharing, mutual submarine rescue support and terms to set up Joint Staff Talks.
• Both governments committed to hold the Defence Ministers’ Dialogue every year to institutionalise higher-level engagement.
• The Joint Staff Talks and submarine rescue arrangement aim to advance joint exercises, operations and interoperability across domains.
• India offered maintenance and repair of Royal Australian Navy ships in Indian shipyards during deployments in the Indian Ocean Region.
• Officials advanced a Joint Maritime Security Collaboration Roadmap and showcased growing air-to-air refuelling interoperability with a live KC‑30A refuelling of an F‑35.