13/11/2012 16:54
Hillary Clinton has arrived in Australia
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has arrived in the Australian city of Perth for annual security talks, the BBC reports.
Mrs Clinton will meet PM Julia Gillard on Tuesday before the main talks on Wednesday, which Defence Secretary Leon Panetta is also attending.
Increased defence co-operation and regional security issues are on the agenda for the meeting.
Last year the two sides agreed that US marines would be deployed to a base in the northern Australian city of Darwin.
The first contingent arrived in April, and the deployment is expected to grow to 2,500 US military personnel by 2017.