AllWeekly Media and Intelligence Report 19/09/25
Coalition goes from Price to Price on Defence industry Opposition Leader Sussan Ley moved this week to replace Senator Nampijinpa Price in the Shadow Defence Personnel and Defence Industry portfolio with former Defence Industry Minister Melissa Price. Price is a safe pair of hands in the portfolio given she is a moderate ally of the […]
Australia and US conduct bilateral operations in South China Sea
Royal Australian Navy Anzac Class frigate HMAS Ballarat conducted a routine transit through the South China Sea in accordance with international law, with support from a Royal Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft. The transit was conducted with the United States Navy’s Arleigh Burke Class destroyer USS Dewey on September 15 and 16. […]
RAAF Base Townsville prepares for Apache fleet
The Hon Peter Khalil MPAssistant Minister for Defence With Senator Nita Green The foundations are almost complete and the first structures are beginning to take shape as RAAF Base Townsville forges ahead with infrastructure works, to prepare for the arrival of Australian Army’s AH-64E Apache helicopter fleet. The Albanese Government is investing $700 million for […]
Additional Defence funding to deliver the Henderson Defence Precinct
The Hon Anthony Albanese MPPrime Minister of Australia The Hon Richard Marles MPDeputy Prime MinisterMinister for Defence The Hon Pat Conroy MPMinister for Defence IndustryMinister for Pacific Island Affairs The Albanese Government will provide $12 billion towards delivering a Defence Precinct at Henderson to deliver continuous naval shipbuilding and AUKUS in Western Australia. Alongside the […]
Commemorating our peacekeepers
The Hon Matt Keogh MPMinister for Defence PersonnelMinister for Veterans’ Affairs Today we commemorate National Peacekeepers’ Day and recognise the dedication and sacrifice over almost eight decades of our peacekeepers, peacemakers, peace builders and peace enforcers. Australia’s first contribution to peacekeeping came in 1947 with a deployment of military observers in modern-day Indonesia – and […]
One unit, one future: North Queensland cadet units link
The Australian Army Cadets have united two Army Cadet Units (ACU) in North Queensland as part of its commitment to promoting the development of young and resilient future leaders. 15 ACU (Townsville and Northern Beaches) and 130 ACU (Heatley and Charters Towers) were officially combined today in a ceremony at Lavarack Barracks, Townsville. It is […]
Coordinating a National Response to PFAS at Defence Bases
The Hon Peter Khalil MPAssistant Minister for Defence The Albanese Government has begun the process of establishing the per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) National Coordinating Body with Assistant Minister of Defence, Peter Khalil set to provide oversight of the Body alongside NSW Minister for the Environment, Penny Sharpe, given the initial focus of operations. The […]
Second Offshore Patrol Vessel accepted
Defence has accepted the second Arafura Class Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), NUSHIP Eyre, ahead of delivery to the Royal Australian Navy. NUSHIP Eyre is the second OPV constructed at Osborne Naval Shipyard in South Australia under project SEA 1180-1, following first of class vessel HMAS Arafura, which commissioned into the Navy fleet in June. With […]
Liferaft Systems Australia joins Hunter Class Frigate Program
L-to-R: Andy Coxall, BAE-Systems-Australia, Mike Grainger, LSA Commodore Scott Lockey DG Hunter Class Frigate Program 750×500. Photo courtesy of Liferaft Systems Australia Hobart-based Liferaft Systems Australia (LSA) will supply its world-leading Marine Evacuation Systems (MES) into the Hunter Class Frigate Program under a contract with BAE Systems Maritime Australia. The contract will see each of […]
Northern Territory Skilled Occupation Priority List
