Readers may not be surprised to hear that Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles keeps a golf club in his ministerial office at Parliament House and that he occasionally has a swing with it.

Defence Minister Richard Marles, who is also deputy prime minister, became the first foreign counterpart to meet Hegseth since his controversial confirmation to the role, as he shored up the new ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth welcomed Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles to the Pentagon on Friday, after Australia made its first $500 million payment to the United States under ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will meet with Australia’s minister of defense, Richard Marles, on Friday, marking Hegseth’s first meeting with a foreign counterpart at The Pentagon.

Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles said the gesture showed Canberra is paying its way as a security partner. Marles will be the first foreign counterpart hosted by U.S. Defence Secretary ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will meet Friday with his counterpart Richard Marles, the deputy prime minister and defense minister of Australia. (Alex Brandon/AP) Australia’s defense minister ...

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles is in Washington for AUKUS talks with new US defence secretary Pete Hegseth. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman While in the capital, the Deputy Prime Minister ...

Mr Marles has described the meeting as 'very important.' Defence Minister Richard Marles is set to meet with his newly sworn-in US defence counterpart to strengthen defence and security ties ...