Media Releases - 2012
May
Minister for Defence – Opposition in disarray over Defence budget
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Minister for Defence – Media Release – Opposition disarray over the C-27J aircraft acquisition
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Prime Minister and Minister for Defence – Joint Media Release – Australia commits to ongoing stability in Afghanistan
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Prime Minister and Minister for Defence – Joint Media Release – Transition in Afghanistan
Monday, May 14, 2012
Minister for Defence – Opposition disarray over Defence
Friday, May 11, 2012
Minister for Defence and Minister for Defence Materiel – Joint Media Release – New Battlefield aircraft for the Air Force
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Budget 2012-13 Defence Capability
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Minister for Defence – Budget 2012-13 Defence Operations Funding
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Minister for Defence – Budget 2012-13 Defence Budget Overview
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Minister for Defence – 70th Anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Minister for Defence and Minister for Defence Materiel – Joint Media Release – Future Submarine Industry Skills Plan
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Prime Minister, Minister for Defence, Minister for Defence Materiel – Joint Media Release – Next stage of future submarine project announced
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Prime Minister, Minister for Defence – Joint Media Release – New Defence White Paper 2013
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Prime Minister, Minister for Defence – Joint Media Release – Release of final Defence Force Posture Review report
Thursday, May 3, 2012
April
Minister for Defence Anzac Day visit to Solomon Islands
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Minister for Defence – Minister for Defence Anzac Day visit to Papua New Guinea
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Minister for Defence – Australia and New Zealand release bilateral Defence Framework
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Minister for Defence Anzac Day visit to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands
Monday, April 23, 2012
Minister for Defence – Funding for Legacy Services Trust to support Defence families
Monday, April 23, 2012
Joint Media release – Government seeks comment on interim access arrangements for the Woomera Prohibited Area
Friday, April 20, 2012
Minister for Defence – Visit to Brussels for NATO/ISAF Defence and Foreign Ministers Meeting
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Minister for Defence – Minister for Defence to visit Brussels
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Minister for Defence Stephen Smith – Receipt of DLA Piper Report: Allegations of sexual and other abuse in Defence
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Minister for Defence – Minister for Defence visit to United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Minister for Defence – Minister for Defence visit to Afghanistan
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Minister for Defence – Australian Defence Force Posture Review
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Prime Minister, Minister for Defence, Chief Minister of the Northern Territory – Joint Media Release – United States Marine Corps personnel begin first rotational deployment to Northern Australia
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
March
Minister for Defence and Minister for Defence Materiel – Joint Media Release – Early Delivery of Shadow 200 Unmanned Aerial System
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Minister for Defence – Report of the Review into cruise ship access to Garden Island
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Minister for Defence and Minister for Defence Materiel – Joint Media Release – Growler Electronic Warfare Aircraft – Long Lead Item Equipment Purchase
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Minister for Defence – Singapore’s Defence Minister visits Canberra and Perth
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Minister for Defence and Minister for Defence Materiel – joint media release – purchase of additional C17
Monday, March 19, 2012
Minister for Defence and Minister for Defence Materiel – Joint Media Release – $15.5 Million to build more Bushmasters in Bendigo
Monday, March 19, 2012
Minister for Defence and Minister for Defence Materiel – Joint Media Release – Purchase of Offshore Support Vessel for Humanitarian and Disaster Relief
Monday, March 19, 2012
Minister for Defence – Belgian Defence Minister postpones visit to Australia
Monday, March 19, 2012
Minister for Defence and Minister for Foreign Affairs – Historic Australia-Indonesia Foreign and Defence Ministers’ (“2+2”) Meeting
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Minister for Defence and Minister for Defence Materiel – Allocation of block construction work for the third Air Warfare Destroyer
Friday, March 9, 2012
Minister for Defence – Release of Redacted Extracts from Executive Summary and Findings of Volume 1 of the DLA Piper Report: Allegations of sexual and other abuse in Defence
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Minister for Defence – Outcomes of the Kirkham Inquiry
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Minister for Defence – Reviews into Defence and Australian Defence Force Culture
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Minister for Defence – Reviews and initiatives announced following the so called ‘ADFA Skype incident’
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
February
Minister for Defence – Defence Minister meets with Brunei’s Deputy Minister for Defence
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Minister for Defence – 70th anniversary of the sinking of HMAS Perth
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Minister for Defence and Minister for Home Affairs and Justice – Joint Media Release – Christmas Island tragedy Coronial Inquiry
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Minister for Defence – ADF Goes Pink on Operations
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Minister for Defence – Defence Minister meets East Timor’s Prime Minister and Minister for Defence
Monday, February 20, 2012
Minister for Defence – Defence Senior Appointments
Monday, February 13, 2012
Minister for Defence – Part Three of the HMAS Success Commission of Inquiry Report
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Minister for Defence – Release of the Inquiry into Allegations of Inappropriate Vetting Practices in the Defence Security Authority by the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Minister for Defence – Minister for Defence – Visit to Brussels for NATO/ISAF Defence Ministers’ Meeting
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Minister for Defence – Australian Defence Force interrogation capability deployed to Afghanistan
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Minister for Defence – Acceptance of two CH-47D Chinook Helicopters
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Minister for Defence – New Executive Director for the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Minister for Defence – Ongoing Implementation of the Black Review
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Minister for Defence – Minister for Defence to visit Brussels
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
January
Minister for Defence – Defence Minister meets Russian Foreign Minister
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Minister for Defence – Defence Force Posture Review Release of Progress Report
Monday, January 30, 2012
Minister for Defence and Minister of Defence, New Zealand – Joint Media Release – Australian and New Zealand Defence Ministers launch new Defence Relationship Framework
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Minister for Defence – Visit to London and Portsmouth
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Joint Ministerial Media Release – Australian Support to Fight Al-Shabaab in Somalia
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Joint Ministerial Press Release – AUKMIN 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Minister for Defence – Greater Defence Transparency
Friday, January 20, 2012
Minister for Defence – Australia-United Kingdom Ministerial Consultations (AUKMIN)
Friday, January 20, 2012