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Then Governor of NSW General David Hurley leads the ANZAC Day parade through Sydney. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Cameron Martin.

Minister Chester says new GG has focus on veterans

01/07/201901/07/2019 Brian Hartigan 497 Views 1 Comment

Minister for Veterans and Defence Personnel Darren Chester has welcomed the focus on Australian veterans during the swearing in of

Now-retired Governor-General of Australia, the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK,, MC (Retd), takes a salute during his last military parade, at the Royal Military College - Duntroon. Photo by Leading Seaman Craig Walton.

Australian News

PM’s farewell to Sir Peter Cosgrove

01/07/201901/07/2019 Brian Hartigan 447 Views 0 Comments

FILE PHOTO (8 June 2019): Now-retired Governor-General of Australia, the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK, MC (Retd), takes a

Governor General Sir Peter Cosgrove greets Wing Commander Darren Clare, Commanding Officer No 3 Squadron RAAF, after bring his F-35A Lightning home to Williamtown, NSW. Governor General Cosgrove is flanked by his wife Lyn and Governor of NSW General David Hurley – since named as Sir Peter's successor as Governor General. Photo by Brian Hartigan.

Australian News

General David Hurley sworn in as Governor General

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His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd) has been formally sworn in as Australia’s 27th Governor-General. FILE

ADF Australian News

Today is Reserve Forces Day

01/07/201901/07/2019 Brian Hartigan 239 Views 0 Comments

Today is Reserve Forces Day – recognising the essential role our Navy, Army and Air Force Reservists have played in

HMAS Newcastle's decommissioning crew march off their ship for the last time.

Australian News Royal Australian Navy

HMAS Newcastle formally decommissioned

30/06/201930/06/2019 Brian Hartigan 474 Views 0 Comments

The Royal Australian Navy has celebrated the completion of 25 years of service by HMAS Newcastle at a ceremony to

Ship’s company of HMAS Success march off the ship for the last time during her decommissioning ceremony at Fleet Base East, Sydney. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Cameron Martin.

Australian News Royal Australian Navy

HMAS Success ceremonially decommissioned

30/06/201930/06/2019 Brian Hartigan 412 Views 0 Comments

Auxiliary oiler replenishment ship HMAS Success was ceremonially decommissioned at her home port of Garden Island in Sydney on Saturday 29 June

Lieutenant Megan Ryan stacks boxes ammunition seized during a boarding in HMAS Ballarat's hangar. Photo by Leading Seaman Bradley Darvill.

Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Navy

Ballarat seizes suspected arms shipment

28/06/201929/06/2019 Brian Hartigan 1120 Views 0 Comments

HMAS Ballarat has conducted a boarding of a dhow in international waters in the Arabian Sea, finding, seizing and destroying a cargo

Former RSM-A Don Spinks, Major General Mark Kelly and Minister for Veterans and Defence Personnel Darren Chester.

Australian News Veterans

Mark Kelly hands Repatriation Commission to Don Spinks

28/06/201928/06/2019 Brian Hartigan 397 Views 0 Comments

After almost a decade of enhancing the services and support provided to veterans and their families, and the broader ex-service

Digitally-altered/fake photo of mass flypast over Blamey Square, Canberra.

Australian News Royal Australian Air Force

RAAF Change of Command parade expecting special flypast

28/06/201928/06/2019 Brian Hartigan 1123 Views 0 Comments

Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Leo Davies will officially hand over command of the Royal Australian Air Force to

A painting by Joseph Finnemore in 1919 to commemorate the signing of the peace treaty in Versailles, capturing a moment during the signing ceremony in the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles. Oil on linen, 165 x 247cm. Australian War Memorial ART16770.

News Overseas Veterans

100th anniversary of WWI peace treaty

28/06/201928/06/2019 Brian Hartigan 258 Views 0 Comments

Today marks a century of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, formally ending hostilities during the First World War

Australian Army soldiers of Task Group Taji 8 on parade after receiving their mission medals at the Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Photo by Corporal Oliver Carter.

Australian Middle East News Operations

Task Group Taji 8 soldiers welcomed home

27/06/2019 Brian Hartigan 282 Views 0 Comments

One-hundred members of Task Group Taji Rotation 8 touched down in Brisbane today following their successful deployment to Iraq. CAPTION: Australian

Free annual health check, for five years, for veterans leaving the ADF after 1 July 2019.

Australian News Veterans

12-visit referral requirement deferred

27/06/201928/06/2019 Brian Hartigan 492 Views 0 Comments

The requirement for veterans to get a new GP referral after every 12 health-care specialist appointments, which was supposed to

Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove with Australian Victoria Cross recipients (from right), Keith Payne VC, Corporal Mark Donaldson VC, Corporal Daniel Keighran VC and Corporal Ben Roberts-Smith VC MG, and then Chief of Army Lieutenant General Angus Campbell, on a visit to Australian troops in Baghdad, Iraq (August 2015).

Australian News Veterans

Minister refutes media reports re VC entitlements

27/06/2019 Brian Hartigan 1088 Views 2 Comments

Minister for Veterans and Defence Personnel Darren Chester put out a statement today refuting media suggestions that travel entitlements for

Australian News Veterans

Veteran Mental Health and Wellbeing Summit

25/06/201928/06/2019 Brian Hartigan 356 Views 0 Comments

A Veteran Mental Health and Wellbeing Summit will be held in Canberra tomorrow. DPS AUSPIC photo The summit will bring together

An Officer Cadet from the Royal Military College – Duntroon commands his company during the 2019 mid-year graduation parade. Photo by Corporal Tristan Kennedy.

Australian Australian Army News Overseas

Sun smiles on 2019’s mid-year Duntroon graduation

25/06/2019 Brian Hartigan 832 Views 1 Comment

Seventy-one Australian Army staff cadets graduated today in the 134th graduating class from the Royal Military College – Duntroon, alongside

Colombian Marines fast-rope onto the flight deck of Whidbey Island-class Dock Landing Ship USS Gunston Hall during UNITAS 2018. US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Colbey Livingston.

New Zealand News

NZ Navy officers observe Latin-American exercise

24/06/2019 Brian Hartigan 275 Views 0 Comments

The New Zealand Defence Force is taking part in a multi-national maritime exercise in Chile focused on conducting combined naval

USAF and RAAF C-17 maintainers work together on a RAAF C-17A Globemaster III. Photo by Corporal Brenton Kwaterski.

Australian News Royal Australian Air Force Technology USA

US and Aussie technicians allowed to fix each other’s C-17s

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The United States and Australia have agreed on a cross-servicing arrangement for the repair and maintenance of C-17A Globemaster transport

The first Austal-built Guardian-class patrol boat on builder's sea trials. Austal photo.

Australian News Pacific

Tonga gifted Guardian-class patrol boat – third in class

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A new Guardian-class patrol boat built by Austal in WA was today gifted to the Kingdom of Tonga. FILE PHOTO:

ADF Australian News Veterans

New 5-year Veteran Health Checks for discharging ADF

21/06/2019 Brian Hartigan 578 Views 0 Comments

Minister for Veterans and Defence Personnel Darren Chester today announced that from 1 July 2019, all Australian Defence Force personnel

The Royal Australian Navy Guided Missile Destroyer HMAS Brisbane (III)’s ceremonial lifebuoy announcing the ship’s arrival at Hamilton wharf on the first visit to her namesake city. Photo by Corporal Colin Dadd.

Australian News Royal Australian Navy

20 warships to visit Brisbane

20/06/2019 Brian Hartigan 1308 Views 0 Comments

During June and July, Brisbane will host more than 20 military ships as an off-shoot of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2019.