AllAustralian Defence Force Academy billion dollar rebuild
MEDIA RELEASE Under the Public Works Committee Act 1969, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works will consider two new referrals from the Department of Defence. The projects are: Department of Defence – RAAF Base Learmonth Redevelopment Enabling KC-30A Operations – $662.2 million – Exmouth, Western Australia The works will deliver upgrades to the airfield […]
Sovereign, smart, sustainable: Report on developing advanced manufacturing in Australia
MEDIA RELEASE The House Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Resources today tabled its report Sovereign, smart, sustainable: Driving advanced manufacturing in Australia. The Chair of the Committee, Mr Rob Mitchell MP, said “manufacturing has been in decline in this country since the sixties. Now is the time to turn that around and set Australia […]
US Secretary of Defense, United Kingdom and Australian Counterparts to Host Joint Press Briefing
Photo courtesy of US Department of Defense. L-R: The Hon. Richard Marles, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Australia, US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin III, United States, and the Right Honourable Grant Shapps, Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom. MEDIA RELEASE Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III is scheduled to […]
Major boost for STEM-focused university places for SA
PHOTO CAPTION: Mitchell Building Main Campus University of Adelaide. Photo courtesy of DefenceSA and Marketing and Recruitment of University of Adelaide MEDIA RELEASE The Commonwealth Government will provide more than 1000 additional STEM-focused university places in SA from next year, to support South Australia’s endeavours in building nuclear-powered, conventionally armed submarines. The Commonwealth’s commitment will […]
NIOA announces Picatinny Arsenal tenancy
PHOTO CAPTION: Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey, USA, where NIOA will take up a tenancy in a strategic move aimed at supporting allied defence capabilities. Photo credit: US Army Corps of Engineers MEDIA RELEASE The NIOA Group has taken up a tenancy at Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey as it looks to strengthen allied supply […]
Hunter Class Frigate Program passes Preliminary Design Review milestone
Photo courtesy of BAE Systems Australia MEDIA RELEASE BAE Systems’ Hunter Class Frigate Program has successfully completed its Preliminary Design Review (PDR). The review, which started in July, is a technical assessment that ensures the design is operationally effective and underpins the more detailed work that will now be undertaken. More than 1,800 people are […]
New legislation to unlock billions of dollars for AUKUS industry partners
The Hon. Richard Marles MPDeputy Prime MinisterMinister for Defence The Hon. Pat Conroy MPMinister for Defence IndustryMinister for International Development and the Pacific JOINT MEDIA RELEASE The Albanese Government will unlock billions of dollars in investment and cut red tape for Australian Defence industry and our AUKUS partners, with the introduction of the Defence Trade […]
Launch of Defence family and domestic violence prevention and response strategy
The Hon. Matt Keogh MPMinister for Defence PersonnelMinister for Veterans’ Affairs MEDIA RELEASE Today we’re releasing the Defence Strategy for Preventing and Responding to Family and Domestic Violence 2023–2028. Family and domestic violence is incompatible with Defence’s values and behaviours of service, courage, respect, integrity and excellence, and to include and value others. Australian Defence […]
Additional university places to grow Australia’s AUKUS workforce
The Hon. Richard Marles MPDeputy Prime MinisterMinister for Defence The Hon. Jason Clare MPMinister for Education JOINT MEDIA RELEASE Thousands more students will train at 16 Australian universities through the allocation of an additional 4,001 Commonwealth supported places in STEM courses to help grow the skilled workforce required to deliver the AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine pathway. […]
Exercise Global Dexterity brings heavy lifters Down Under
MEDIA RELEASE Exercise Global Dexterity 23-2 will bring together C-17A Globemaster aircraft from the United States, United Kingdom and Australia for a series of air mobility training missions. Held at RAAF Base Amberley from November 27 to December 8, the exercise will continue the close ties built in previous years between the RAAF’s No 36 […]