The Institute for Regional Security
2026 Defence & Foreign Affairs Annual Dinner
6.30pm, Monday 16 November
Realm Hotel, Barton, ACT
Towards a safe, peaceful, and prosperous Pacific
We all want the Pacific to be a region that’s peaceful and prosperous, where no country dominates, and no country is dominated, and where all states, large and small, can pursue their aspirations free from coercion.
But how do we navigate today’s increasingly contested strategic environment in a way that protects our national interests, supports our neighbours, and acknowledges the existential threat they face from climate change?
The Hon Pat Conroy MP is Minister for Defence Industry and Minister for Pacific Island Affairs. He is Australia’s longest serving minister responsible for the Pacific, and the first to serve in Cabinet.
Join us as Minister Conroy outlines how the Albanese Government is using all levers of national power to respond to the most challenging strategic outlook Australia has faced in the past 50 years, and why transformational reforms to Defence are an absolute necessity.
He will provide an update on the reform process and its critical importance to the defence industry and discuss new groundbreaking alliances with Papua New Guinea and Fiji; agreements with Tuvalu, Naoero, and Vanuatu; and work underway to build a more connected and integrated region.
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