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The Government acknowledges the release of the Commonwealth Ombudsman’s independent investigation into the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (DFRDB) scheme.
A partnership between Boeing Defence Australia and Defence will create more highly-skilled jobs in Brisbane, Adelaide and Williamtown. The $170 million contract signed today will continue the Vigilare System, which is being renamed “Wakulda”.
Joint release - Mr James Stevens MP, Member for Sturt The next leaders of Australia’s shipbuilding industry could be revealed this week at the Subs in Schools National Final, being hosted by Adelaide’s St. Peters College.
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 Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base East Sale in Victoria.
Joint media release Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC The final aircraft from the Air Force Pilatus PC-21 fleet has been officially welcomed at Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base East Sale in Victoria.
Published in The West Australian, Tuesday 3 December 2019 Rarely does a week go by without a story in the West Australian or Adelaide Advertiser about the competition for the Collins-class submarine full cycle docking work.
Assistant Defence Minister and Minister for International Development and the Pacific, the Hon Alex Hawke MP, together with Fijian Minister for Defence, National Security and Foreign Affairs, the Hon Inia Seruiratu, today turned the first sod for a major upgrade to Stanley Brown Wharf in Suva, Fiji.
Joint media release The Hon Darren Chester MP, Minister for Veterans and Defence Personnel The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and the Australian Army will join forces this week for the inaugural Exercise Christmas Drop Australia.
Joint media release The Hon Lynda Reynolds CSC, Minister for Defence The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and the Australian Army will join forces this week for the inaugural Exercise Christmas Drop Australia.
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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).
Joint media release The Hon Melissa Price MP, Minister for Defence Industry
Joint media release Minister 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 billion investment in the Attack Class Submarine program.
Joint media release Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC The Morrison Government is backing Aussie workers and small business to deliver defence capability as part of our $50 billion investment in the Attack Class Submarine program.
Joint media release Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC, Minister for Defence
MINISTER for Veterans and Defence Personnel, Darren Chester has today announced the launch of Air Force’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander strategy and action plan by the Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld AO, DSC, at the National Museum in Canberra.
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.
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 Force (ADF) request to acquire JCREW next-generation electronic countermeasure systems.
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.
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 appointed to this significant role and only the ninth person to hold this office since its inception in 1993.
Australian Defence Force members will benefit from a new health centre to be built at Simpson Barracks, Watsonia, as part of a $212.5 million national investment in defence health facilities.
Australian Defence Force members will benefit from a new health centre to be built at the Puckapunyal Military Area, as part of a $212.5 million national investment in defence health facilities.
Joint media release with Member for Lindsay Melissa Mcintosh MP A $95 million defence project at Orchard Hills is set to begin construction this month after a Head Contractor was selected for delivery of the Naval Guided Weapons Maintenance Facilities Project.
Cutting edge 3D printing technology developed in Darwin will be deployed by the Royal Australian Navy in a world-first trial that will streamline the maintenance of patrol vessels.
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 Area, involved assets from Australia, Japan, Malaysia, the Republic of Korea, Singapore and the United States.
JOINT STATEMENT Australian Minister for Defence Linda Reynolds and Philippine Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana announced that Australia will transition its support under Operation AUGURY-Philippines to an Enhanced Defence Cooperation Program as of 1 December 2019.
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.
FROM 7-12 November 2019, Minister for Veterans and Defence Personnel, Darren Chester visited the Middle East region and Cyprus to meet with Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel and advance Australia’s defence engagement with key regional leaders.
Defence has signed a multi-million dollar contract with leading-edge Canberra company CEA Technologies Pty Ltd, for the supply of Army’s new short range ground-based air defence capability.
