AllSupporting recovery efforts in flood affected New South Wales
The Hon Anthony Albanese MPPrime Minister of Australia The Hon Richard Marles MPDeputy Prime MinisterMinister for Defence The Albanese Government is standing with communities impacted by devastating floods in the Hunter and Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, with further support activated to help people get back on their feet. From Tuesday 27th […]
Australia to host Republic of Fiji Military Forces company
Australia and Fiji are strengthening their Defence partnership through a rotation of Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) personnel spending the next five months in Australia. The landmark company-sized RFMF contingent has been deployed to Australia in support of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025 and Exercise Coral Warrior 2025. Around 130 RFMF personnel will be embedded […]
Albanese Government investment in defence industry provides critical support for local manufacturing and jobs
The Hon Pat Conroy MPMinister for Defence IndustryMinister for Pacific Island Affairs The Albanese Government has awarded grants to more than 50 businesses across the country that provide priority defence capabilities with the funding supporting hundreds of jobs and a future made in Australia. The first rounds of the Defence Industry Development Grants program have […]
Release of Aviation Safety Investigation Report into the Exercise Talisman Sabre 23 MRH-90 accident
The Aviation Safety Investigation Report into the MRH-90 Taipan helicopter accident on 28 July 2023 has been released today. Captain Danniel Lyon, Lieutenant Maxwell Nugent, Warrant Officer Class 2 Joseph ‘Phillip’ Laycock and Corporal Alexander Naggs tragically lost their lives in the accident when their helicopter impacted waters in the vicinity of the Whitsunday Islands […]
Committal service in Papua New Guinea for two aviators of RAAF Beaufort A9-186
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has conducted a committal service at the Bomana War Cemetery, Port Moresby, for the remains of two aviators of No. 100 Squadron Beaufort A9-186, who lost their lives during a mission in Papua New Guinea in September 1943. Family representatives of the two aviators, along with Australian and Papua […]
Sustaining Australia’s P-8A Poseidon fleet for long-term capability
The Hon Richard Marles MPDeputy Prime MinisterMinister for Defence The Hon Pat Conroy MPMinister for Defence IndustryMinister for Pacific Island Affairs The Albanese Government has guaranteed the long-term operational readiness of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) P‑8A Poseidon fleet through a $291 million investment for through-life support with Boeing Defence Australia. This investment will […]
Albanese Government to accelerate development of loitering munitions
The Hon Pat Conroy MPMinister for Defence IndustryMinister for Pacific Island Affairs The Albanese Government is investing in the development of precision loitering munitions capabilities for the Australian Defence Force (ADF) with the launch of Mission Talon Strike. As an Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) mission, Talon Strike will support the development of medium-range precision […]
SA’s $200M Defence Megastructure takes shape with Whyalla Steel
The Hon Richard Marles MPDeputy Prime MinisterMinister for Defence Almost 2000 tonnes of structural steel, more than half of which came from the Whyalla Steelworks, have been erected to complete the frame of a giant four bay aircraft hangar in northern Adelaide to facilitate the specialist maintenance of the Australian Defence Force’s Boeing 737 variant […]
Weekly Media and Intelligence Report 23/05/25
Tumultuous week as Coalition considers reconciliation At the time of writing, a tumultuous week in federal politics looked like seeing the Liberal Party and Nationals getting the Coalition back together, after their first split in 38 years. Liberal leader Sussan Ley offered to have the Liberal Party room consider the Nationals four non-negotiable policy […]
Weekly Media and Intelligence Report 16/05/25
PM talks defence in Indonesia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese jetted off to Indonesia for talks aimed at increasing military exercises and defence trade between the two countries. The trip was the first of Mr Albanese’s second term after Labor’s convincing May 3 election victory. The Prime Minister refreshed his frontbench in a move which left […]