Joint media releaseAssistant Defence Minister and Minister for International Development and the Pacific, the Hon Alex Hawke MP The Australian Defence Force’s newest leaders have graduated from...
Joint media releasePrime Minister of Australia, the Hon Scott Morrison MPMinister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Marise Payne Minister for Water Resources, Drought, Rural Finance, Natural...
Joint media release Minister for Veterans and Defence Personnel, the Hon Darren Chester MP The final aircraft from the Air Force Pilatus PC-21 fleet has been officially welcomed at Royal...
Joint media releaseThe Hon Darren Chester MP, Minister for Veterans and Defence PersonnelThe Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and the Australian Army will join forces this week for the inaugural...
Australia continues to boost regional peacekeeping capabilities in South East Asia, in support of Vietnam’s second deployment to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).From 19-28 November...
Joint media releaseThe Hon Melissa Price MP, Minister for Defence Industry The Australian Government’s $1.3 billion program to deliver a cutting-edge armed remotely-piloted aircraft system is a...
Joint media releaseMinister for Defence Industry, The Hon Melissa Price MP The Morrison Government is backing Aussie workers and small business to deliver defence capability as part of our $50...
The deployment of a Royal Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidon aircraft to the Middle East has successfully concluded with the aircraft returning to Australia.Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon...
Australian troops are one step closer to the latest technology to combat the threat of Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), after the United States Congress was notified of the Australian Defence...
I am pleased to announce Naval Group has signed a subcontract with Babcock International Group PLC for the design of the weapon discharge system for the Attack class submarines.The development of the...
I congratulate Warrant Officer Deb Butterworth OAM, CSM and Bar on her appointment to the role of Warrant Officer of the Royal Australian Navy.Warrant Officer Butterworth is the first female...
A major international submarine search and rescue exercise has concluded off the coast of Western Australia.Exercise Pacific Reach 2019, held at Fleet Base West and in the Western Australian Exercise...
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...
