DPM US Visit August 2025 320/25/26 – Document.pdf (pdf, 2.22 Mb)

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This document is a media and strategic communications package prepared for Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles' visit to Washington on 25-26 August 2025. It includes a media release announcing meetings with Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and other senior U.S. officials, along with defence industry engagements. The package contains talking points, a media list, social media plans, and imagery guidance, with quotes emphasising the Australia-US Alliance and AUKUS partnership. Extensive redactions under sections 33(a)(iii) and 47E(d) obscure the specific content of talking points, media opportunities, the detailed media program, and individual media contacts. The document appears designed primarily for coordinating media access and messaging around high-level defence and security discussions between the two nations.