Overview
- At ANZMIN talks in Canberra, ministers announced a new Australia–New Zealand working group to align force posture, joint training and defence procurement.
- The ANZAC 2035 vision will see ADF and NZDF personnel increasingly embedded in each other’s forces over the next decade.
- Both governments committed to expand cooperation with Pacific island nations on security, including countering organised crime, combating trafficking and improving disaster response.
- Officials said they will pursue comparable readiness concepts, stepped-up integration activities and cooperation on strategic military stockpiles to strengthen resilience.
- The agenda was driven by Iran-related disruptions to oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz and heightened Chinese military activity in the region, ministers said.