
Foreign affairs and defence correspondent @australian.
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Joined November 2009
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Ben Packham retweeted
Teodoro is a class act. Takes formidable presence of mind and courage to react to a cheap stunt like this, maintain composure then throw it back on the 🇨🇳 delegation.
MAHIYA NAMAN KAYO | Secretary of National Defense Gilberto C. Teodoro, Jr. responded to a note from the Chinese side during the Seoul Defense Dialogue (SDD) 2026 in Seoul, Republic of Korea.
#DNDPHL #DiKaPasisiil #SDD2026
Ben Packham retweeted
Today I want to pay a personal tribute to Air Marshal Leon Phillips OAM on his retirement from the Royal Australian Air Force.
During his nearly four decades of service to Australia, Leon has delivered complex aerospace and guided weapons projects with distinction.
Ben Packham retweeted
Surprising number of senior Pacific island journalists - including top level in Fiji - suddenly been flown by China to Beijing... like less than a day notice....?
Pacific Islands Forum preparations thrown into disarray theaustralian.com.au/nation/…
Ben Packham retweeted
There is a secret report into the failures of senior Defence leadership that allowed war crimes to happen in Afghanistan. It was commissioned by the Inspector-General of the ADF. The Coalition have joined together to hide it, because of course they will.
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横浜にあるJ-POWER 電源開発社の最新鋭石炭火力発電所「磯子火力発電所」を視察させて頂きました。この施設は、何百万もの家庭や企業に安定した電力を供給している発電所です。視察当日は猛暑日で、夏季の電力需要のピークに対応するため、発電所はフル稼働していました!
J-POWERは1980年代から高品質なオーストラリア産石炭を輸入しており、現在は磯子火力発電所で使用される燃料の約60%をオーストラリアが供給しています。これは、日豪間のエネルギー安全保障パートナーシップの重要性を改めて示すものです。
J-POWERによると、最新のクリーンコール技術を採用した結果、磯子火力発電所は世界で最も環境性能が高く、効率的な石炭火力発電所となっています。
またJ-POWERは水力発電分野の主要な投資家でもあり、クイーンズランド州キッドストンにおける揚水発電プロジェクトにも参画しています。これはエネルギー安全保障の強化とクリーンエネルギーへの移行を支えるために、🇦🇺オーストラリアと 🇯🇵 日本が協力している素晴らしい一例です。
渡部 肇史会長、加藤 英彰代表取締役社長、草賀純男元駐豪大使、そしてJ-POWER職員の皆様に、有益なご説明と素晴らしい視察の機会をいただいたことに感謝申し上げます。
Fascinating to tour J-Power’s state-of-the-art coal-fired Isogo Power Plant in Yokohama, which provides reliable electricity for millions of homes and businesses. It was a scorching hot day and the plant was operating full bore to service peak summer demand!
J-Power has been importing high-quality Australian coal since the 1980s and today Australia provides around 60 per cent of the Isogo plant's fuel—again highlighting the importance of our energy security partnership.
As a result of employing the latest clean-coal technologies, J-Power says Isogo is the world's cleanest and most efficient coal-fired power station.
J-Power is also a major investor in hydro power, including pumped hydro at Kidston in Queensland. Another great example of 🇦🇺 and 🇯🇵working together to strengthen our mutual energy security and support the clean energy transition.
Thanks to Chair Watanabe Toshifumi, President & CEO Kato Hideaki, Ambassador Kusaka Sumio, and the entire J-POWER team for an informative briefing and great tour.
@JPOWER_official
Pacific torn on China missile test response theaustralian.com.au/world/p… via @australian
Ben Packham retweeted
The #PRC tested a JL2 #SLBM flying over the #Philippines moments ago. It’s a provocation that destabilizes the #IndoPacific. #China just proved itself again to be a bully on the block.
PM&C dep sec Nadine Williams is interim National Armaments Director. The govt is yet to find a suitable candidate to fill the role permanently. The new Defence Delivery Agency starts July 1, but doesn't become a separate entity from Defence until July 1, 2027.
Ben Packham retweeted
Sometimes it just has to be said. Committee Chair @SenRaffCiccone says what most people watching senate estimates were thinking
Sounds like new Defence sec announcement coming in next day or so. Scott Dewar remains the favourite.
Ben Packham retweeted
Massive Leap In Ability To Spot Iranian Drones Headed To Persian Gulf
The E-7A Wedgetail is arguably the best aircraft anywhere in the world for spotting low-flying Iranian drones and cruise missiles.
twz.com/air/massive-leap-in-…
AUKUS ‘devouring defence readiness’, Paterson warns theaustralian.com.au/nation/… via @australian
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In the latest episode of @LowyInstitute Conversations, @mfullilove and @HerveLemahieu discuss missile diplomacy in the Middle East and the reactions, both positive and negative, to President Trump's unpredictable foreign policy.
youtu.be/JKsSNvBkFQI?feature…
Defence defiant on ‘legacy’ choppers, despite US move to scrap them theaustralian.com.au/nation/…



















