Minister for Defence, Marise Payne, and Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Nigel Scullion, today launched an Indigenous joint-venture to deliver the $213 million Bayinguwa critical wharf works project...
Australia will assist the Afghan National Air Force to establish its UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter capability. Minister for Defence Senator the Hon Marise Payne made the announcement...
We join with the people of Thailand in celebrating the rescue of all 12 boys and their coach who have been safely evacuated from the flooded cave in Chiang Rai, Thailand.The Thai authorities have...
The Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Marise Payne will represent the Prime Minister, the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, at the NATO Leaders’ Summit from 11 to 12 July in Belgium. During the...
We will join United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis at the Hoover Institute at Stanford University, California on 23 and 24 July for the 2018 Australia-...
Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Marise Payne today launched a video sharing the stories of past and present Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service women and the women who have supported...
HMAS Warramunga has returned home to a hero’s welcome from family and friends after spending almost nine months deployed to the Middle East.Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Marise Payne, joined...
Australia will provide further support to the Government of Thailand’s efforts to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped in a flooded cave in Chiang Rai, northern Thailand.With the rescue...
Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Marise Payne, today announced the Woodside Defence Families Association will receive up to $29,070 in funding to enable its ongoing support to Australian Defence...
Joint release with Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Home AffairsWe warmly welcome the news that 12 boys and their soccer coach have been found alive after being trapped for nine days in...
The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) begins a new era today as a statutory agency within the Defence portfolio.Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Marise Payne, said the establishment of ASD as...
The Australian Government is assisting the Government of Thailand’s efforts to locate a group of 13 people who are missing, believed trapped in a flooded cave system in Chiang Rai.On 23 June, a...
Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Marise Payne, yesterday announced approval of a $495 million investment in two projects for new facilities at the Larrakeyah Defence Precinct, Northern Territory...
Western Australia will be home to a new Hunter class training and capability centre, known as ‘Ship Zero’, as part of a $670 million investment at HMAS Stirling and Henderson to support Australia’s...
The Turnbull Government will deliver one of the world’s most advanced anti-submarine warfare frigates, create 4000 Australian jobs and secure a local naval shipbuilding industry for decades to come....
The Turnbull Government will today introduce a Bill to make it easier for the states and territories to seek assistance from the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to respond to terrorist and other...
The Turnbull Government will invest around $110 million at RAAF Base Tindal to support Australia’s cutting edge new MQ-4C Triton remotely piloted aircraft, with Northern Territory businesses in the...
More than 1600 Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel have arrived in the United States ahead of a month of focused military training activities with 26 nations from across the globe for Exercise...
The security of Australia’s maritime borders will be significantly strengthened with another major military investment.The Turnbull Government will invest $1.4 billion and acquire the first of six MQ...
Australia will upgrade facilities at the Royal Malaysian Air Force Base Butterworth used by the Australian Defence Force, as part of our long-standing commitment to regional security. Minister...
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