Blinken, Austin to visit Brisbane for AUSMIN talks

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United States Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Brisbane next week for the annual AUSMIN dialogue with their Australian counterparts Richard Marles and Penny Wong. Following the talks, Mr Marles and Mr Austin will travel to north Queensland to witness the annual Talisman Sabre joint training exercise involving Australian and US forces and 11 other partner nations. Defence Minister Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin in Washington. AP Choosing Queensland as the venue for the AUSMIN talks, which the two...