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The Australian
February 20, 2018
An American company awarded a multi-million-dollar Australian Defence Force contract to provide aerial surveillance of the Pacific and which was ... of the Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) via an memorandum of understanding with the Australian Defence Force, which is also funding the service.
Manning River Times
February 20, 2018
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) will carry out Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) training in Bulahdelah and surrounding areas from February 26 to March 15. JTAC training is aimed at graduating selected ADF members in planning, briefing, controlling and reporting of close air support on theÃÂ ...
Gold Coast Bulletin
February 20, 2018
Australian Defence Force conduct security training for Commonwealth Games on Gold Coast. Amanda ... In 9 News video footage, officers of the Australian Defence Force and specialist Queensland Police Services officers can be seen in the area in the dark moving items from one area to the next. ADF andÃÂ ...
Music Feeds
February 19, 2018
Australia's Defence Force has come under scrutiny after it was revealed just how much money it's been spending on musical instruments, leading the Defence Minister to order a review into the way the ADF buys its instruments. An investigation by Fairfax Media has discovered the Department Of DefenceÃÂ ...
Insidethegames.biz (blog)
February 15, 2018
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) will assist Gold Coast authorities in ensuring the security of the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The ADF, who are responsible for Australia's army, navy and air force, will deploy 1,000 personnel to help with the effort. Australian Federal Police and Australian Border ForceÃÂ ...
Daily Telegraph
February 14, 2018
POLITICALLY correct defence chiefs have told members of the Australian military to signal they are an “ally” of the LGBTI community by putting a rainbow flag next to their name in the national ADF staff directory. The latest attempt at “inclusion” comes after the Human Rights Commissioner fired a salvo atÃÂ ...
myGC.com.au
February 13, 2018
The Australian Defence Force will be patrolling the skies over the next few weeks to survey key areas on the Coast. Minister for Defence Marise Payne said it's not unusual for our military services to provide protection. “Defence has extensive experience providing security assistance to major national eventsÃÂ ...
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
February 4, 2018
MORE than 100 Australian Defence Force members who helped recover the wreck of the MV-22 Osprey after a triple-fatal crash off Shoalwater Bay have been awarded a rare honour. Navy, Army and Air force personnel were awarded a Meritorious Unit Commendation by the head of the US Marine CorpsÃÂ ...
The Sydney Morning Herald
February 4, 2018
The discriminatory experiences faced by two young cadets at ADFA shows the defence force still has a long way to go in reaching equality among its members. While there is clearly a recognition among the top brass of the need for change and that the world around them is shifting, the cultural changeÃÂ ...
The Canberra Times
February 4, 2018
Two former Australian Defence Force Academy cadets have alleged they were discriminated against for transitioning gender during their time in Canberra. Joel Wilson and Sarah Bowley said they were forced out of the Australian Defence Force after coming out as transgender, despite there being a policyÃÂ ...
Townsville Bulletin
January 29, 2018
The US Marine Corps awarded 107 Australian Defence Force members a Meritorious Unit Commendation for their effort in a rescue and recovery mission after a MV-22 Osprey helicopter crashed at Shoalwater Bay near Rockhampton on August 6. Three of the 26 US service members on the aircraft wereÃÂ ...
ZDNet
January 29, 2018
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has downplayed the risk of fitness app Strava breaching the operational security of Australian soldiers. Strava, a social network for runners and cyclists to track their workouts via satellite navigation, released a heat map in November last year showing the activity of itsÃÂ ...
Brisbane Times
January 20, 2018
The sale of the Australian Defence Force's riverfront Bulimba Barracks site has been delayed for up to six months following disagreements between the federal government and Labor. In 2015, the federal government confirmed the ADF would sell most of the 23-hectare Bulimba site and in February 2017ÃÂ ...
The Canberra Times
January 17, 2018
Academics examining abuse and bullying in the Australian Defence Force say the military "desperately" needs to improve diversity in order to stamp out outdated attitudes and behaviours. UNSW Canberra researcher James Connor and Flinders University associate professor Ben Wadham will spend theÃÂ ...
The Sunshine Coast Daily
January 16, 2018
TRAINING: The annual surf lifesavers' Camp Commando Bush Bash is under way at Mapleton. John McCutcheon. Use this content. Matty Holdsworth. by Matty Holdsworth. Matty Holdsworth. Full Profile Login to follow. WITH one eye on leadership prospects, 129 surf lifesavers teamed up with theÃÂ ...
Daily Telegraph
January 12, 2018
Mr Hall, a fraud investigator in the Australian Defence Force Investigative Service until his retirement last year, told The Saturday Telegraph “there was a culture of avoidance so that Command didn't look bad to their supervisors”. “If you were a junior sailor you would be pilloried but in many cases of officersÃÂ ...
Brisbane Times
January 5, 2018
Brigadier Woodward warned that without reform, most fraud offences committed by defence force personnel would need to be investigated and prosecuted by civilian authorities. The military's top prosecutor used her annual report to argue the Australian Defence Force should consider abandoning theÃÂ ...
Daily Telegraph
January 4, 2018
Australian Defence Force staff swindle over $600k through credit card fraud, dishonesty and unethical conduct ... MORE than $600,000 was purloined from the Australian Defence Force by its own personnel last year through credit card fraud, dishonesty and unethical conduct. And there could be more, withÃÂ ...
Daily Telegraph
January 2, 2018
IT'S not exactly the Maginot line but Australia's east coast security will be significantly bolstered in 2018 with Defence's strategic rollout of new ships and aircraft and berthing plans for its subs. The Federal Government has now confirmed some of the Royal Australian Navy's new French-designedÃÂ ...
The Sydney Morning Herald
December 29, 2017
Defence personnel were operating under "increased readiness" in Darwin earlier this month after Russian bombers flew out of an Indonesian military base and close to Australia, it has been revealed. The ABC has reported that the RAAF Base Darwin was placed on a "brief period" of alert while more thanÃÂ ...
ABC Online
December 29, 2017
Defence personnel in Darwin were operating at "increased readiness" earlier this month as Russian strategic bombers conducted navigation exercises close to Australia, flying out of an Indonesian military base. Key points: RAAF Base Darwin placed on a "short period" of heightened alert; Russian MinistryÃÂ ...
Townsville Bulletin
December 27, 2017
A SECOND contingent of Australian Defence Force personnel has left for the Philippines to train the South-East Asian country's armed forces in their ongoing ... Those soldiers, predominantly from Townsville's 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, were among at least 80 Australian Defence ForceÃÂ ...
ABC Online
December 27, 2017
Defence experts argue the large figure is not altogether surprising given the recent pace of technological change inside the Australian Defence Force. "We've been buying a lot of systems, from America in particular, because we're in the middle of recapitalising the Air Force and also buying weapons thatÃÂ ...
Daily Telegraph
December 25, 2017
WAR with North Korea would be “catastrophic and beyond contemplation” but the Australian Defence Force remained at a heightened state of readiness to respond to any conflict, Defence Minister Marise Payne assured yesterday. In an end of year review, Senator Payne told News Corp Australia the ADFÃÂ ...
SBS
December 21, 2017
Since 2015, the Australian Defence Force claims it has trained more than 28,000 Iraqi Security Forces personnel. The RAAF contingent came under the whole of military effort known as Operation Okra, which commenced in 2014 under the Abbott Government to defeat IS. It also extendeded into Syria inÃÂ ...
Daily Telegraph
December 13, 2017
The Australian Defence Force has provided no explanation however for excluding some of the nation's biggest media publications — whose news coverage has a combined audience of more than eight million Australians — from a briefing on the two incidents. A review of both incidents was launched byÃÂ ...
Insidethegames.biz
December 31, 1999
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) will assist Gold Coast authorities in ensuring the security of the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The ADF, who are responsible for Australia's army, navy and air force, will deploy 1,000 personnel to help with the effort. Australian Federal Police and Australian Border ForceÃÂ ...
Xinhua
December 31, 1999
CANBERRA, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- A number of government reforms and reviews have failed to reduce the suicide rate among Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel, a report has found. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) on Friday released its analysis of 325 confirmed deaths byÃÂ ...
The Age
December 31, 1999
The sale of the Australian Defence Force's riverfront Bulimba Barracks site has been delayed for up to six months following disagreements between the federal government and Labor. In 2015, the federal government confirmed the ADF would sell most of the 23-hectare Bulimba site and in February 2017ÃÂ ...
NEWS.com.au
December 31, 1999
The Australian Defence Force was reportedly operating in a state of “increased readiness” as Russian activity in Indonesia prompted concerns. ... THE Australian Defence Force in Darwin was reportedly in a state of high alert as Russian military planes carried out exercises close Australia earlier this month.
Manufacturers' Monthly
December 8, 2017
The project worth $635,000 will using Bluetooth Low Energy technology to connect with multiple electronic devices currently in use by the Australian Defence Force (ADF). Industry defence minister Christopher Pyne said that the innovation could provide improved situational awareness for soldiers in ...
Townsville Bulletin
November 30, 2017
MORE than 100 Australian Defence Force personnel will receive a little taste of home this Christmas thanks to a big delivery of care packages. Herbert federal MP Cathy O'Toole this week wrapped up her Annual Deployed Soldier Christmas Appeal. This year the Townsville community donated enough ...
Daily Telegraph
November 24, 2017
Australian Defence Force personnel sing Christmas carols outside the Australian Headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Department of Defence estimates 2350 personnel will be serving overseas this Christmas. Mrs Craig's son, Jaxon, 17 months, last weekend enjoyed a weekend of fun thanks to ...
Townsville Bulletin
November 22, 2017
NORTH Queensland's most senior Australian Defence Force officer has been promoted in an official ceremony just days before he will hand over ... and other state agencies, local mayors and communities, and Australian Defence Force personnel – to work with Brigadier Field throughout that recovery.
Yahoo7 News
November 22, 2017
EXCLUSIVE: A 7 News investigation has uncovered more than 120 cases involving illegal drugs in the Australian Defence Force; happening on ... VIDEO Despite the introduction of random testing a Seven News investigation has found illegal drugs are still being used in the Australian Defence Force.
The Sunshine Coast Daily
November 22, 2017
Fisher MP Andrew Wallace said he wanted to push for the Sunshine Coast to be come a hub for the Australian Defence Force. Mr Wallace said for too long the Coast had relied on tourism and infrastructure. "Eniquest, who already supplies directly to the Australian Defence is a key player in the initiative to ...
Aerotech News (blog)
November 16, 2017
The five-year base, 22-year rolling wave, performance-based contract includes engineering and logistic services. “Our team will provide ...
Greek Reporter
November 11, 2017
Australian Defence Force personnel at home and abroad paused on the 99th anniversary of the Armistice today, in memory of all those who ...
The Australian
November 9, 2017
The Australian Defence Force is investigating allegations by a military whistleblower that a Special Air Service Regiment soldier smuggled ...
The Australian
October 27, 2017
In intense operations in Iraq and elsewhere, this more closely integrated Australian Defence Force is proving much stronger than the sum of its ...
B&T (blog)
October 25, 2017
The federal government's Defence Force Recruiting (DFR) division is all set to pitch its creative and digital account, after kicked off a tender ...
MuMbrella
October 25, 2017
Australian Defence Force Recruiting is preparing to pitch the creative and digital account currently held by creative agency Host/Havas.
NEWS.com.au
October 25, 2017
Speaking to the Senate's Defence Estimates Committee in Parliament House, acting Chief of the Australian Defence Force Vice Admiral Ray ...
NEWS.com.au
October 23, 2017
Defence Minister Marise Payne has now confirmed Australian Defence Force mobile training teams, made up of at least 80 soldiers, will be ...
The Australian
October 23, 2017
Scores of serving members of the Australian Defence Force are allegedly part of a Facebook group which shares material promoting domestic ...
Fiji Sun Online
October 21, 2017
RFMF band during the visit of Chief of the Australian Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin at Queen Elizabeth Barracks on October ...
Alphr
October 20, 2017
Using virtual reality to make soldiers emotionally optimal on the field sounds like a plotline lifted right out of a sci-fi film. Or indeed, an actual ...
Papua New Guinea Today
October 15, 2017
The Papua New Guinea Joint Security Task Force Commander for APEC 2018 Gari Baki said the security preparations for the APEC Summit in ...
Eternity News (blog)
October 15, 2017
A new, waterproof New Testament has been created by Bible Society Australia, one for each of the three arms of the Australian Defence Force.
malaysiandigest.com
October 12, 2017
CANBERRA -- More than 30 gigabytes of sensitive Australian Defence Force (ADF) data has been stolen by a hacker, it was revealed on ...
