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I am grateful for the trust and confidence of the Prime Minister to be Australia’s fifty-first Minister for Defence.
Since being appointed Shadow Minister for Defence in 2008, I have diligently...
I speak today to update the Parliament and the Australian people about Australia’s missions in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Since my last statement on 11 December 2013, there have been significant...
The first priority of the Abbott Government is to ensure the safety and security of our country.
Right now, the Abbott Government is considering options for the Navy’s future submarines that will...
MINISTER FOR DEFENCE OF
THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA, SENATOR DAVID JOHNSTON
&
GENERAL FAN CHANGLONG,
VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL MILITARY COMMISSION OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
At...
I refer to two documents that have been tabled in this house this morning.
One document is the sixth interim Report of the Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, the DART. This is the three monthly...
Statement
by the
Minister for Defence
Senator the Hon David Johnston
at
Opening Senate Budget Estimates
on
2 June 2014
I wish to note this will be the last Senate Estimates Hearing for General David...
Paper presented
by the
Minister for Defence
Senator the Hon David Johnston
on
Afghanistan
Tabled in conjunction with a Ministerial Statement
on
11 December 2013
Introduction
Over recent years...
I have seen reports that the State Mine fire near Lithgow may have been caused by live ordnance exercises on Marangaroo Defence Range on Wednesday 16 October 2013.
Last night I spoke to the Acting...
