Avalon, Australia – U.S. Acting Ambassador James Carouso will join with Australia’s Assistant Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon David Fawcett, at the Avalon International Airshow today week to celebrate local Australian businesses contributing to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). Using an Australian F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet as a backdrop, Acting Ambassador Carouso and ... Read More»

Media Release – November 15, 2018 On November 15, senior officials from the United States, Australia, India, and Japan met in Singapore for consultations on the Indo-Pacific region. The officials reaffirmed a shared commitment to maintain and strengthen a rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific in which all nations are sovereign, strong, and prosperous. They further ... Read More»

July 30, 2018 WASHINGTON – Today at the Indo-Pacific Business Forum, hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, leaders from the U.S.’s Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), and the Australian government announced a trilateral partnership to invest in infrastructure projects in the Indo-Pacific region that build infrastructure, address key development challenges, ... Read More»

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Secretary of Defense James Mattis hosted Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop and Minister for Defence Marise Payne on July 23-24 for the annual Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution in Palo Alto, California. Holding the meeting in the San Francisco Bay Area, on the ... Read More»

Monday June 25, 2018 The U.S. Embassy in Canberra is proud to host the launch of CyberTaipan – the Australian Youth Cyber Defence Competition. CyberTaipan, modelled on the U.S. Air Force Association’s  CyberPatriot  program, is delivered locally by  Northrop Grumman Australia  in partnership with  AustCyber  (the Australian Cyber Security Growth Network).  AustCyber estimates there will be a national shortfall of ... Read More»

THE WHITE HOUSE – May 3, 2018  On behalf of the United States, First Lady Melania and I join the people of Australia in remembrance and reflection for the 76th Commemoration of the Battle of the Coral Sea.  The engagement in the Coral Sea from May 4 to 8, 1942, holds a unique place in ... Read More»

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary February 23, 2018 The American-Australian alliance is rock solid and based on a common purpose: to promote peace and prosperity.  Our friendship is underpinned by a deep alignment of interests and our societies’ shared commitment to the values of freedom, democracy, and the rule of law.  We ... Read More»

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary February 23, 2018 PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP’S MEETING WITH AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER MALCOLM TURNBULL STRENGTHENS THE UNITED STATES-AUSTRALIA ALLIANCE AND CLOSE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP “For a century now, the people of the United States and Australia have inspired the world with their determination, bravery, and generosity. I know ... Read More»

February 2, 2018 President Donald J. Trump will welcome Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull of Australia to the White House on February 23, 2018.  President Trump looks forward to further enhancing our partnership and alliance, and demonstrating our shared commitment to the democratic values that underpin peace and prosperity around the world.  The President and Prime ... Read More»

August 3, 2017 The United States and Australia held their sixth annual Counterproliferation Dialogue in Canberra on August 2-3. The annual meeting is one of several exchanges held by the United States and Australia each year to strengthen bilateral cooperation to address the threat posed by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, their means ... Read More»