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'''AUSMIN''', the '''Australia-United States Ministerial Consultation''', is the main annual forum for consultations between [[Australia]] and the [[United States]].
It has been held most years since 1985,<ref name=CanberraUSEmbassy>{{cite web|url=http://canberra.usembassy.gov/irc/us-oz/ausmin.html |title=AUSMIN |publisher=U.S. Department of State |accessdate=2012-11-13 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919144032/http://canberra.usembassy.gov/irc/us-oz/ausmin.html |archivedate=2012-09-19 }}</ref> with the meetings alternating between locations in the Australia and the United States. It involves the Australian Ministers for [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia)|Foreign Affairs]] and [[Minister for Defence (Australia)|Defence]] as well as the US Secretaries of [[United States Secretary of State|State]] and [[United States Secretary of Defense|Defense]], with senior officials from both portfolios.<ref name=CanberraUSEmbassy/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/us/ausmin/index.html |title=AUSMIN |publisher=Dfat.gov.au |date= |accessdate=2012-11-13}}</ref>
The events are important in the [[Australia–United States relations|relationship between Australia and the United States]], and they enable discussion on major global and regional political issues, as well as deepening bilateral foreign security and defence cooperation.
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