After careful deliberation, the Government has decided not to proceed with the 2020 Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) deployment at this time, given ongoing restrictions associated with...
HMAS Toowoomba has interdicted over 3,000 kilograms of illegal narcotics including hashish and heroin in the Gulf of Aden.The Anzac class frigate is deployed under Operation MANITOU, Australia’s...
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has deployed teams across the country to work in partnership with state and territory law enforcement agencies to conduct COVID-19 quarantine compliance checks.The...
Joint media release:Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Melissa Price Defence, in collaboration with Australian industry, will manufacture and deliver more than 15,000 lifesaving SILVERSHIELD...
Joint media release:Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Melissa Price MP Australia’s defence industry is being invited to put forward its business case in the Government’s multi-million...
Sydney residents had their first glimpse of their city’s namesake ship with the arrival of NUSHIP Sydney at Garden Island today.The third and last Hobart Class Destroyer to join the Navy’s fleet...
Joint media release:Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Melissa Price MP The Government’s $90 billion Continuous Naval Shipbuilding Program has reached a new milestone with construction on...
Joint media releaseMinister for Defence Industry, the Hon Melissa Price MP The Morrison Government is providing certainty and funding to help Australian companies through the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Joint media release:Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon Scott Morrison MP Defence will formally cease Operation Bushfire Assist 2019-2020 on 26 March 2020, having completed the...
4:15pmThe Australian Defence Force (ADF) is temporarily relocating non-essential personnel from Iraq and Afghanistan as a result of COVID-19.Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC...
11:15amThe Australian Defence Force (ADF) will further support the national response to COVID-19 by deploying additional personnel to assist State and Territory health authorities. ...
Joint media release:Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Minister for Defence Personnel, the Hon Darren Chester MPThe Invictus Games Foundation has announced that Invictus Games The Hague 2020,...
Further to my public statement issued on Monday evening following the ABC Four Corners program, Killing Field, I advise that I have today made a formal referral to the Commissioner of the Australian...
Joint media release:Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, The Hon Karen Andrews MP The Federal Government is working with local industry to increase domestic production of medical...
Australia has continued to strengthen its relationship with Fiji through a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) sustainment mission that transported Fijian peacekeepers to the Middle East.The RAAF...
I am deeply disturbed by what has been aired in tonight’s Four Corners report.I have been steadfast in my support for the IGADF Inquiry which is investigating allegations about the conduct of...
Joint media release Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Melissa Price MP Australian company PMB Defence Pty Ltd and Greek company Systems Sunlight S.A. have signed subcontracts with Naval Group...
Following a 20-month upgrade, Royal Australian Navy warship HMAS Arunta has fired its first Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) off the coast of Western Australia. The ESSM is a surface-to-air...
Following weekend celebrations around the world of International Women’s Day, women from across Defence participated in a day of cyber-centric activities as part of an initiative to encourage women...
The Royal Australian Navy has conducted the first official port visit by a submarine to Brunei Darussalam. HMAS Dechaineux and her 59 member crew arrived at Muara Port on Saturday 7 March for a...
