JOINT STATEMENTAustralian Minister for Defence Linda Reynolds and Philippine Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana announced that Australia will transition its support under Operation AUGURY...
Soldiers from Darwin’s 1st Brigade have travelled to Indonesia to participate in Exercise Wirra Jaya 2019, a bilateral training exercise held annually with the Indonesian Army.Minister for Defence,...
Joint media release with Minister for Defence Industry The Hon Melissa Price MPDefence has signed a multi-million dollar contract with leading-edge Canberra company CEA Technologies Pty Ltd, for the...
The Royal Australian Navy has deployed a Maritime Task Group to join the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and United States Navy off the coast of Japan for the trilateral mine counter measure,...
I will travel to Thailand for the sixth ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) before visiting Japan for bilateral defence discussions and defence industry engagement. From 17-19...
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) replenishment ship HMAS Sirius has arrived in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, as part of Navy’s second East Asia Deployment for 2019.Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Linda...
Joint media releaseMinister for Veterans and Defence Personnel, The Hon Darren Chester MPA Royal Australian Air Force Spitfire wreckage from the Second World War has been gifted to the Northern...
The Royal Australian Navy now has one of the most capable and sophisticated amphibious deployment systems in the world, with the Fleet’s Landing Helicopter Docks achieving final operational...
I have written to the Chief of the Defence Force regarding the support that the Australian Defence Force (ADF) is providing to the bushfire fighting efforts.The forecast for tomorrow is deeply...
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is working with emergency services, to assist with firefighting efforts in north-eastern New South Wales.As the Minister for Defence, I am focussed on ensuring the...
The Australian Defence Force’s third Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD), NUSHIP Sydney, is on track to be delivered to the Navy in February 2020 after completing sea trials.Sydney is the third and...
Joint media releaseThe Hon Darren Chester MP, Minister for Veterans and Defence PersonnelThe Royal Australian Navy’s ambitious growth and retention program has proven a success, with the Navy growing...
Joint media releaseThe Hon Melissa Price MP, Minister for Defence IndustryThe Australian Government has today handed over the latest Guardian-class Patrol Boat RSIPV Gizo to the Solomon Islands at a...
Joint media releaseSenator the Hon David Fawcett, Senator for South AustraliaThe Australian Defence Force’s most advanced military aircraft and technologies will be on display at Adelaide’s RAAF Base...
New friendships will be forged over the next three weeks as young Indigenous men and women participate in adventure training with the soldiers of Adelaide’s 7th Battalion, the Royal Australian...
More than 100 Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel deploying to Iraq are being farewelled today in Darwin.The 10th rotation of Task Group Taji will be a landmark rotation with the Iraqi School of...
The University of New South Wales (UNSW) will deliver tertiary education and training at the Australian Defence Force Academy for another seven years following the signing of a renewed partnership...
Western Australians will be welcomed aboard HMAS Stirling at Garden Island in Rockingham on 2 November 2019 for the Royal Australian Navy’s 11th annual Port of Fremantle Maritime Day.Minister for...
In a first for the Royal Australian Navy and the United States Navy, HMAS Brisbane has completed a live missile engagement.Using remote sensor data from the USS Stockdale and the Cooperative...
I will visit Washington DC from 30 October to 3 November 2019 on my first visit to the United States as Minister for Defence.The trip will be an opportunity to build on the successful Australia-US...
