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A Ventia firetruck conducts a firefighting demonstration at RAAF Base Pearce in Western Australia. Photo by Flying Officer Michael Thomas.

ACCC sues over alleged price-fixing cartel for ADF base-services contracts

12/12/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1374 Views 2 Comments

ACCC has started civil cartel proceedings in the Federal Court against two companies and four senior executives for alleged price

Deputy Mission Commander Pacific Partnership Wing Commander Scott Minchin holds a child during the mission in the Pacific. Story by Corporal Jacob Joseph.

Friendly Aussie faces in the Pacific

06/11/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 728 Views 0 Comments Pacific Partnership

The outgoing deputy commander of a US-led operation to provide humanitarian assistance across the Indo-Pacific said Australian servicemen and women

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Defence (or govt?) weasels out of $12billion satellite ordered last year

04/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 977 Views 0 Comments JP9102

On 3 April last year, Defence was proud to announce Lockheed Martin Australia as the preferred tenderer to deliver a

Royal Australian Air Force Corporal Tegan Ross from Australia's Federation Guard with representatives from Commonwealth countries escort the Gold State Coach during the Procession following the Coronation of King Charles III. Photo by Sergeant Andrew Sleeman.

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King Charles promoted to top ADF ranks

19/10/202420/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 10248 Views 7 Comments King Charles III

His Majesty King Charles III has been appointed the Honorary Ranks of Admiral of the Fleet of the Royal Australian

Australian soldiers with 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, conduct a medical evacuation of a local boy in the Oecusse Enclave, East Timor. Photo by Corporal Brian Hartigan.

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25 years since INTERFET deployment

20/09/202420/09/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2789 Views 2 Comments East Timor, INTERFET, Timor-Leste

When the Timorese people took the courageous step of voting for independence in 1999 and asked the international community for

An Australian Army medic chats with students during a visit to a boys' school in southern Afghanistan. Photo by Corporal Ricky Fuller.

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Safer without it? Should army medics wear the Red Cross?

18/09/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1018 Views 2 Comments Charles Sturt University

Charles Sturt University research into the wearing of the Red Cross brassard by members of the Australian military show they

Defence Science and Technology Group scientist Dr Ben Sparkes, left, works with Australian-built quantum clocks at the University of Adelaide.

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Defence buys atomic clocks for $2.7million

13/09/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1048 Views 0 Comments QuantX Labs

The Australian government is acquiring quantum optical atomic clocks from Adelaide-based QuantX Labs to deliver position navigation and timing (PNT)

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles. Photo by Jay Cronan, digitally altered by CONTACT.

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Defence Minister Marles’ updates on Brereton Report

12/09/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1508 Views 0 Comments

Statements by Minister for Defence Richard Marles… FILE PHOTO: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles. Photo by

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Final Report from veteran-suicide Royal Commission handed down

09/09/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1168 Views 0 Comments Suicide Royal Commission

The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide Final Report has been delivered to the government and tabled in Parliament

A Joint Strike Missile (orange) loaded in an internal weapon's bay of a US Air Force F-35 Joint Strike Fighter during test and evaluation trials. Image supplied by Kongsberg to the ADF for distribution to media.

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Joint Strike Missile acquisition expedited

05/09/202406/09/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1551 Views 0 Comments Kongsberg

The government is further accelerating Australia’s long-range strike capability through the acquisition of the Joint Strike Missile (JSM) beginning next

HMAS Sydney fires Royal Australian Navy’s first Naval Strike Missile during a SINKEX off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii,as a part of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024. Photo by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.

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New missile factory for Newcastle

22/08/202422/08/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2152 Views 3 Comments Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Enterprise, GWEO, Joint Strike Missile, JSM, Kongsberg, Naval Strike Missiles, NSM

The Australian government will contribute up to $850 million in partnership with Kongsberg Defence Australia to manufacture and service missiles

Defence Science and Technology Group's MIST sensor, used for chemical detection on the battlefield. Story by Emma Thompson.

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Defence capability put to new use

16/08/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 845 Views 0 Comments CBRN, DSTG

A thumb-sized device made by Defence for chemical detection has found a new purpose. CAPTION: Defence Science and Technology Group’s MIST

Outgoing Chief of Defence Force General Angus Campbell at the Change of Command Ceremony for the Chief of Joint Capabilities at Russell Office, Canberra. Photo by Rodney Braithwaite.

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Senate to investigate process of awarding medals in Defence

06/07/202409/07/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3191 Views 10 Comments

The Senate has approved a motion to launch an investigation into the process of awarding medals in Defence – including

Policy to enable dual-serving couples leave sharing arrangements is now in place. Photo by Leading Seaman Tara Morrison.

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Dual-serving couples can now share leave

05/07/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1334 Views 0 Comments

Dual-serving couples can now share their leave as part of the latest change under the ADF Leave Framework. CAPTION: Policy to

Students of the University of New South Wales Master of Explosive Ordnance degree observe an energetic substance demonstration at Majura Training Area, Canberra. Story and photos by Sergeant Matthew Bickerton.

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Course goes off with a bang

05/07/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1077 Views 0 Comments Army School of Ordnance

A higher education into the science of things that go bang is now available in Australia to nominated ADF personnel,

HMAS Sydney arrives in Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii in preparation for Rim of the Pacific 2024. Photo by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.

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Australia slashes participation at RIMPAC

28/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2502 Views 0 Comments RIMPAC

Approximately 320 Australian Defence Force personnel have joined 28 international partners to undertake the world’s largest international maritime exercise. CAPTION: