00:00Australia and Indonesia have signed a new security treaty committing both nations to consult each other if either faces a threat.
00:08The agreement was approved on Wednesday by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto during his first state visit to Australia.
00:17This treaty will commit Australia and Indonesia to consult at a leader and ministerial level on a regular basis on matters of security, to identify and undertake mutually beneficial security activities, and if either or both countries' security is threatened, to consult and consider what measures may be taken, either individually or jointly, to deal with those threats.
00:45This is a watershed moment in the Australia-Indonesia relationship.
00:52Security ties between the two neighbours have strengthened under Albanese's government, which made Jakarta his first international stop after being re-elected in May.
01:01Australia has been boosting defence cooperation in the region, signing a mutual security pact with neighbouring Papua New Guinea just last month.
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