It is both an honour and a privilege to be appointed by Prime Minister Scott Morrison as Australia’s Minister for Defence.
I am deeply saddened by the death of a United States Marine who passed away on Tuesday from injuries he sustained in a vehicle accident at the Mount Bundey Training Area in the Northern Territory on 25 May 2019.
I am honoured to be appointed today as Minister for Defence Industry in the Government and look forward to growing Australia’s support of our armed forces and creation of more jobs for Australians.
Friends and family of the nearly 300 Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel about to deploy to Iraq on Operation OKRA said their goodbyes during a parade at Gallipoli Barracks in Brisbane today.
Defence has engaged Brisbane-based Australian industry supplier, L3-Micreo to manage the production, manufacture and delivery of more than 14,000 additional life-saving SILVERSHIELD units to the Afghanistan National Defense and Security Forces.
Joint media release Minister for Defence Industry, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC A Defence High Performance Computing Centre is to be constructed at the Defence Science and Technology site in Edinburgh, South Australia.
Joint media release Assistant Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon David Fawcett A Defence High Performance Computing Centre is to be constructed at the Defence Science and Technology site in Edinburgh, South Australia.
Joint media release Minister for Defence, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP A number of community grants have been announced today for not-for-profit community groups providing support to Australian Defence Force families.
Joint media release Minister for Defence Personnel, Senator the Hon Darren Chester MP A number of community grants have been announced today for not-for-profit community groups providing support to Australian Defence Force families.
Joint media release Minister for Defence, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP The IT equipment the Navy uses on its ships will receive a major overhaul worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Joint media release Minister for Defence Industry, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC The IT equipment the Navy uses on its ships will receive a major overhaul worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Joint media release Minister for Defence, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP Minister for Defence Industry, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC
Joint media release Minister for Defence, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP Minister for Defence Industry, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC
Assistant Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon David Fawcett, today announced Defence has awarded a head contract for construction works under the Defence Force School of Signals Redevelopment Project. The $14.8 million contract was awarded to an Indigenous company, National Aboriginal Construction Partnership Projects (NACP).
Thales Australia has signed a teaming agreement with Kalyani Group, an Indian auto ancillary and defence company, to compete for the upcoming close quarter battle carbine procurement for India’s Ministry of Defence. The agreement was signed on board HMAS Canberra in Vishakhapatnam, India.
A Royal Australian Navy (RAN) maritime task group has commenced AUSINDEX, a major bienial bilateral exercise, with the Indian Navy in Visakhapatnam, India.
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Joint Media Release The Hon Christopher Pyne MPMinister for Defence
Joint Media Release Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSCMinister for Defence Industry
Joint Media Release Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSCMinister for Defence Industry The Australian Government has announced an extension to Airbus Australia Pacific’s through-life support (TLS) contract for the Australian Army’s Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH).
Joint Media Release The Hon Christopher Pyne MPMinister for Defence The Australian Government’s recent boost to security in the Pacific has been demonstrated by the gifting of a Guardian-class patrol boat, the Te Mataili II, to the Government of Tuvalu today in Western Australia.
Joint Media Release Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSCMinister for Defence Industry
Minister for Defence Industry, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC, announced the appointment of Dr Michele Allan as the new Chair of the Defence Cooperative Research Centre for Trusted Autonomous Systems.
Joint Media Release The Hon Christopher Pyne MPMinister for Defence The Australian Government has approved Project AIR 6000 Phase 3 to acquire a range of new weapons and countermeasures for the F-35A Joint Strike Fighters and F/A-18F Super Hornets.
Joint Media Release Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSCMinister for Defence Industry The Australian Government has approved Project AIR 6000 Phase 3 to acquire a range of new weapons and countermeasures for the F-35A Joint Strike Fighters and F/A-18F Super Hornets.
Joint Media Release Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSCMinister for Defence Industry A Hunter-based company will help keep the Joint Strike Fighter in the air after winning a contract to manufacture parts for the engine that powers the global F-35 fleet.
Joint Media Release The Hon Christopher Pyne MPMinister for Defence A Hunter-based company will help keep the Joint Strike Fighter in the air after winning a contract to manufacture parts for the engine that powers the global F-35 fleet.
Minister for Defence Industry, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC, has announced seven new recipients of the Defence Industry Service Commendation.
Minister for Defence Industry, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC, today announced major reforms to the Defence Industry Security Program (DISP) to make it easier for industry to do business with Defence.
