Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations
AUSMIN 2012
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 2012, Perth
- AUSMIN 2012 Joint Communiqué. 14 November 2012
- Press conference about the AUSMIN talks held in Perth. 14 November 2012
- Minister for Defence – Defence space cooperation – space situational awareness. 15 November 2012
- Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations. Joint media release, Minister for Defence Stephen Smith and Minister for Foreign Affairs Bob Carr. 20 October 2012
AUSMIN 2011, San Francisco
The Australia-United States Ministerial (AUSMIN) consultations were held in the United States on 15 September 2011 with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. This year is the 60th anniversary of the Australia-US alliance, formalised in San Francisco in September 1951.
- AUSMIN 2011 Joint Communiqué, 15 September 2011
- Transcript: Joint press conference, 15 September 2011
- Australia-United States Joint Statement on Cyberspace
- Media release: Cooperation on Cyber – a new dimension of the US Alliance - Australian Foreign Minister and Australian Defence Minister, 15 September 2011
- Speech: The case for American engagement in Asia: the Australian perspective - Australian Foreign Minister at the Asia Foundation, San Francisco, 15 September 2011
- Media release: Australia and the United States strengthen joint development cooperation - Australian Foreign Minister, 17 September 2011
- Media release: AUSMIN 2011 - Australian Foreign Minister and Australian Defence Minister, 14 September 2011
- AUSMIN history fact sheet: AUSMIN 1985-2011: locations and dates
AUSMIN 2010, Melbourne
- AUSMIN 2010 Joint Communiqué, 8 November 2010
- Transcript: Joint press conference, 8 November 2010
- Australia-United States Joint Statement on Space Security
- Space Situational Awareness Partnership fact sheet
- Exchange of Letters relating to Harold E. Holt Naval Communications Station
- Defence Trade Cooperation Treaty fact sheet
- Media release: Australia and US - an enduring partnership, 6 November 2010
- The Melbourne Statement, 6 November 2010
- Joint statement: Australia and the United States partnership to address violence against women globally, 6 November 2010
- Transcript: Joint press conference with Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, 6 November 2010
- Media release: AUSMIN - 8 November 2010 - Australian Foreign Minister and Australian Defence Minister, 23 October 2010
- Media release: AUSMIN 2010 - Australian Foreign Minister and Australian Defence Minister, 18 September 2010
AUSMIN 2009, Washington
- Transcript: Joint Press Conference with Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Stephen Smith, Australian Minister for Defence Joel Fitzgibbon, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and U.S. Secretary of Defence Robert Gates, Washington DC, 9 April 2009
- 2009 Joint Communiqué: Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations, 9 April 2009
- Media release: AUSMIN 2009, Australian Foreign Minister, 7 April 2009
AUSMIN 2008, Canberra
- 2008 Joint Communiqué: Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations, 23 February 2008
- Media release: Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations 2008 - Australian Foreign Minister, 22 February 2008
- Transcript: Joint Press Conference with Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon, US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates and US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, 23 February 2008
AUSMIN 2006, Washington
- 2006 Joint Communiqué: Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations - Australian Foreign Minister and Defence Minister met US Secretary of State and Deputy Secretary of Defense in Washington, DC.
AUSMIN 2005, Adelaide
- 2005 Joint Communiqué: Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations
- Media release: Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations 2005 - Australian Defence Minister and Australian Foreign Minister, 16 November 2005.
AUSMIN 2004, Washington
- 2004 Joint Communiqué: Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations
- Key Outcomes from AUSMIN 2004
AUSMIN 2002, Washington
AUSMIN 2001, Canberra
AUSMIN 1999, Washington
- 1999 Joint Communiqué: Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations
- Transcript: Joint media conference with Australian Ministers for Foreign Affairs and for Defence, and United States Secretaries Albright and Cohen, 3 November 1999.
- Media release: Visit to the United States of America - Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, 31 October 1999
AUSMIN 1998, Sydney
- 1998 Joint Communiqué: Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations
- Media release: AUSMIN '98 Australian Foreign Minister and Defence Minister, 9 July 1998
- Speech: Australia and the United States: A Vital Friendship - Minister for Foreign Affairs, 29 May 1996
- Joint Security Declaration: Sydney Statement - Australia–United States: A Strategic Partnership for the Twenty-first Century
AUSMIN archives
- Also see the AUSMIN website by the Embassy of the United States of America in Canberra.
- Joint Security Declaration: Sydney Statement - Australia–United States: A Strategic Partnership for the Twenty-first Century