Overview

• At their Canberra meeting marking 60 years of ties, Lawrence Wong and Anthony Albanese unveiled an upgraded partnership featuring 80 initiatives, 20 MOUs and 11 new dialogues.
• A defence MOU signed by Chan Chun Sing and Richard Marles expands reciprocal access to military facilities, advances defence science and logistics cooperation, and increases professional exchanges.
• The Australian Defence Force gains expanded access in and through Singapore, while the Singapore Armed Forces receive increased use of Shoalwater Bay and Greenvale training areas plus a rotating fighter training detachment in Australia.
• Economic resilience moves include creating an Australia–Singapore dialogue and working toward an arrangement to keep trade in essential supplies flowing by end-2026, with options for future legal commitments under exploration.
• Leaders also addressed the Optus outages linked to four deaths, with Wong offering condolences and stressing that Optus and parent Singtel must cooperate fully with investigations and comply with Australian laws.