Federal Budget 2018 – Defence ministers’ views
The Turnbull Government’s first priority is the safety and security of Australia and its people. The 2018–19 Budget will
Read moreThe Turnbull Government’s first priority is the safety and security of Australia and its people. The 2018–19 Budget will
Read moreAustralian and New Zealand Navy contingents visited Fiji recently on separate missions, but took time to join up for mutual
Read moreSENATOR THE HON MARISE PAYNE Minister for Defence THE HON CHRISTOPHER PYNE MP Minister for Defence Industry Budget 2017–18
Read moreThe 2016 Defence Budget delivers on the Turnbull Government’s commitment to ensuring Australia’s long-term security and economic prosperity. It provides the funding
Read moreOn 18 April Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Defence Minister Marise Payne and Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Tim Barrett firmed
Read moreA brand-new French Navy offshore patrol vessel made a stop into Cairns during its participation in the US joint humanitarian
Read moreWhen Chief Petty Officer Gillian Bryant stepped up to act in a lieutenant commander’s role, she could walk the walk,
Read moreNUSHIP Arafura shipmates experienced a six-week rotation aboard Australia’s Pacific support vessel ADV Reliant to prepare them for their future
Read moreChief Petty Officer Lyndon Quirke counts his current posting as one of the most rewarding and challenging roles of his
Read moreThe last time Lieutenant Commander Ametisi Fonokolafi of His Majesty’s Armed Forces Tonga rubbed shoulders with royalty, he was commanding
Read moreA Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion crew has successfully located two Kiribati fishermen in what will probably be
Read moreOne of Navy’s top instructors is helping train Timor-Leste Defence Force (F-FDTL) members as the nation prepares to receive two
Read moreA team of three military legal officers from the ADF Indo-Pacific Centre for Military Law visited Timor-Leste to deliver maritime
Read moreThe Royal Australian Navy has decommissioned Armidale-class patrol boat HMAS Glenelg at HMAS Coonawarra, Darwin, following 14 years of service.
Read moreHMAS Glenelg’s ship’s company recently conducted a Freedom of Entry through Glenelg, in the Holdfast Bay area of Adelaide. CAPTION:
Read more‘When I stop having fun I’ll go,’ is the mantra Lieutenant Commander David Gould has lived by and the reason
Read moreThe “weight” of command of the Royal Australian Navy has been officially handed over by the outgoing Chief of Navy,
Read moreThe fleet of Guardian-class patrol boats gifted by Australia to our Pacific neighbours are experiencing a range of problems so
Read moreCAPTION: Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Michael Noonan inspects the guard during the commissioning ceremony for HMAS Encounter at Torrens
Read moreHMAS Ararat earlier this month completed a joint maritime patrol with Republic of Fiji Navy (RFN) Guardian-class patrol boat RFNS Savenaca. Ararat
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