Overview
AMERICAN AUSTRALIAN RELATIONSHIP: Building Alliances
| Prime Minister John Howard and US President George W. Bush, State visit, May 2006 |
 |
The ANZUS alliance is the foundation of defence and security cooperation between Australia and the United States. This cooperation increases Australia’s ability to protect itself and its interests by providing access to world-leading defence hardware and technologies and to vital intelligence capabilities. Working with US forces and the ability to contribute to multinational coalitions are both central to Australia’s defence policies, acquisition and training. New Zealand is also an active participant in multilateral peacekeeping.