Strategic thinkers to invade Perth
Influential delegates from around Australia and the Indo-Pacific region will gather for the Western Australian Indo-Pacific Defence Conference on Monday
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Other news not readily categorised
Travolta/QANTAS 707 donated to HARS
Movie megastar John Travolta today announced that he will donate his private, QANTAS liveried Boeing 707 to the Historical Aircraft
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AFP arrest 9 for $165m tax fraud – deputy head ATO caught up
The Australian Federal Police has arrested and charged nine people for their association with a syndicate allegedly responsible for a
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Saab Australia/UniSA launch new Institute for Defence Technologies
Saab Australia and the University of South Australia – UniSA – have partnered to establish a new ‘Saab Australia-UniSA Institute for Defence
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Foreign Govts sent handy ADF-kit shopping catalogue
Minister for Defence Industry Christopher Pyne today released the first Australian Military Sales Equipment Catalogue. The Catalogue lists selected equipment that
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Backflip on compulsory land acquisitions
Minister for Defence Marise Payne today confirmed that Defence will only purchase land from willing sellers around Shoalwater Bay Training
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186 farms in Defence’s sights – Minister’s request for expediency ignored
Yesterday, CONTACT published a piece about how ‘dozens’ of farmers with property adjoining Defence training areas near Rockhampton and Townsville
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Minister confirms compulsory land acquisitions for Singapore training
On 13 October last year Defence Minister Marise Payne announced that she had signed a Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Military Training And
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LOST IN TRANSLATIONS – the great Indo/Aussie tiff of January 2017
Late last year following a training opportunity with SAS in Western Australia, an Indonesian TNI officer reported to his commanders
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Hudson bomber lands at Canberra Airport
A Lockheed Hudson Mark IV Bomber officially landed at Canberra Airport today. A16-105, a true piece of Australian aviation history, painstakingly
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Ex RAAF Hercules crash in Papua kills 13
An ex-RAAF C-130H Hercules crashed into a mountain in Papua yesterday killing three crew and 10 military passengers. CAPTION: Former No.
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Forgacs announces major expansion at Henderson
Forgacs Marine and Defence Pty Ltd’s parent company Civmec Limited today unveiled plans for a new state-of-the-art shipbuilding facility in
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ADA buys well-known military-retail chain
Australian uniform manufacturer ADA (Australian Defence Apparel) announced today that it has bought well-known military retail outlet LEGEAR. LEGEAR Australia is a leading
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Woomera neighbour sold to part Chinese consortium
Treasurer Scott Morrison has approved the sale of Australia’s largest pastoral land holding, S. Kidman & Co – which backs
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WoG report on Afghanistan lessons learnt
The first public whole-of-government ‘lessons learnt’ report on Australia’s mission in Afghanistan was officially launched today. Commissioned by the Australian
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Shrine of Remembrance Medal Recipient 2016
The Shrine of Remembrance is pleased to announce that Robert Winther has been awarded the annual Shrine of Remembrance Medal. Robert was presented with
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Transcript – Christopher Pyne – Submarine Institute speech
CHRISTOPHER PYNE Minister for Defence Industry Leader of the House Federal Member for Sturt SPEECH E&OE [OFFICIAL] TRANSCRIPT Submarine
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WTSS upgrade wins prestigious project management award
A Department of Defence project team has won a prestigious project management award for the enhancement of weapons training systems
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$14.7 million in grants to drive Defence innovation
Minister for Defence Industry Christopher Pyne today announced seven Australian organisations would receive Australian government funding of $14.7 million to
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New mobile resource for wound care (for doctors)
The government has released updated wound care information for wounds in innovative new formats to improve the healthcare of Australians.
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