AUSMIN is the principal forum for bilateral consultations with the United States. Held annually, alternating between Australia and the United States, it brings the Australian Ministers for Foreign Affairs and for Defence together with the US Secretaries of State and Defense, along with senior officials from both portfolios.
The Consultations provide a major opportunity to discuss and share perspectives and approaches on major global and regional political issues, and to deepen bilateral foreign security and defence cooperation.
AUSMIN 2010, Canberra
The Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) have been postponed.
Due to the unfolding crisis in Haiti and the urgency of US and international humanitarian efforts, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has returned to Washington.
The AUSMIN talks will be rescheduled at a mutually convenient time later this year.
- Press release: Australian Foreign Minister, 14 January 2010
- Press release: Australian Foreign Minister, 7 January 2010
AUSMIN 2009, Washington
- Joint press conference following AUSMIN talks, 9 April 2009
- Joint Communiqué - Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations, 9 April 2009
- Press release: Australian Foreign Minister, 7 April 2009
AUSMIN 2008, Canberra
- Joint Communiqué - Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations, 23 February 2008
- Press release: Australian Foreign Minister, 22 February 2008
- Joint Press Conference with Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon, US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates and US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, 23 February
AUSMIN 2006, Washington
- Joint Communiqué - The Australian Foreign Minister and Defence Minister met US Secretary of State Rice and Deputy Secretary of Defense England in Washington for AUSMIN 2006.
AUSMIN 2005, Adelaide
- Joint Communiqué - Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations 2005
- Joint media release: Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations 2005
AUSMIN 2004, Washington
- Joint Communiqué - Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations 2004
- Key Outcomes from AUSMIN
AUSMIN 2002, Washington
- Joint Communiqué - Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations 2001.
AUSMIN 2001, Canberra
- Joint Communiqué - Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations 2001.
AUSMIN 1999, Washington
- Joint Communiqué - Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations 1999.
- Transcript of a Joint Media Conference with Australian Ministers for Foreign Affairs and for Defence, and United States Secretaries Albright and Cohen, 3 November 1999.
- Visit to the United States of America Press release by Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, 31 October 1999
AUSMIN 1998, Sydney
- Joint Communiqué - Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations 1998.
- Joint Press Release - Foreign Minister and Defence Minister (9 July 1998)
- Minister for Foreign Affairs, 5/29/96 Speech: 'Australia and the United States: A Vital Friendship'
- Australia-United States Joint Security Declaration (Sydney Statement)
AUSMIN Archives
- Also see the AUSMIN website by the Embassy of the United States of America in Canberra.
- Australia-United States Joint Security Declaration (Sydney Statement)