ADF helping Brisbane ‘get back on its feet’
The recent floods left a large part of the Brisbane Markets underwater, stopping all transport and operations, and causing millions of
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Army’s a safe bet for Casino cleanup
Casino local Clarissa Lloyd bought her home near the Richmond River just shy of one year ago and everything was going
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Rescues stuff of movie script, says commander
As floods decimated Lismore, the town mayor stood beside a highway – which became a river bank – and watched
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Army throws charity a lifeline
Extreme flooding may have destroyed the Lifeline furniture store in Lismore, but it didn’t destroy store manager Ethan Smith’s spirit
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Sappers assist with Cabbage Tree Island recovery
The Australian Defence Force has helped to restore some sense of normality to Cabbage Tree Island, cleaning up the primary
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Arunta and Poseidon in the South China Sea
The Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Arunta and a Royal Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft recently joined
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Forces unite to make park safe
Navy, Army and Air Force personnel converged on flood-ravaged recreation areas in Kedron Brook in Mitchelton, Brisbane, to ensure they’re
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Operation Flood Assist 2022 – Update 17 March 2022
CAPTION: Commander of the Operation Flood Assist Joint Task Force, Lieutenant General David Thomae (right), surveys flood-affected areas in the
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Plenty of action for crew on Exercise Milan
The ship’s company of HMAS Arunta recently spent an action-packed week at sea testing their warfighting skills with other regional
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Navy Indigenous Development Program base visit
As the Navy Indigenous Development Program (NIDP) enters its eighth year, 13 current participants and their instructors headed to HMAS
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Enduring community spirit lives on
Communities like Casino have an enduring spirit, which is exemplified in tough situations like this year’s floods. CAPTION: Corporal Rebecca
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Soldiers helping to mend fences
In the grips of a drought, Mrs Shirley Schultz sold one-third of her cattle in 2019. CAPTION: Australian Army soldiers
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Army clean up in Chinderah
Despite nearly continuous domestic deployments, disruptions to training, and dirty conditions, the smiles on the faces of 6th Battalion, Royal
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Nimbin pipeline repairs underway
Australian Army combat engineers and Lismore City Council workers swung into action after Nimbin in northern New South Wales was left with
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Lismore high school gets armoured support
Only a week ago Richmond River High was underwater, with floods scraping the second-storey ceiling of the Riverside Campus in
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Army, SES rescue man during welfare check
Australian Army soldiers joined State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers recently to conduct welfare checks along Bungawalbin Creek in northern New
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Operation Flood Assist 2022 – Update
CAPTION: A northern New South Wales farmer watches Army soldiers from 8th/12th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, load feed for his
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Clean up continues in Lismore
Waterlogged furniture, office supplies and carpets were piled high outside the Lismore police station. CAPTION: Army soldiers Sapper Callan Stuart,
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Two Kiwi patrol boats going to Ireland
New Zealand Defence Force will sell two decommissioned Royal New Zealand Navy inshore patrol vessels to the Republic of Ireland’s
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2022 Marine Rotational Force – Darwin begins
The first batch of US Marines posted to the Marine Rotational Force – Darwin for 2022 touched down in Darwin
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