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.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles for a bilateral exchange at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Feb. 7, 2025. DoD Photo Secretary of Defense ...

Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles visited Washington over the weekend, meeting with US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth in the newly-installed Trump administration. Secretary of Defense ...

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.

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 ...