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Australian Defence Force - Projects of concern
Friday, 26 November 2010, 5:03 pm | Australian Defence Force
Minister for Defence Stephen Smith and Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare today released an update to the Projects of Concern list.Project AIR 5418 Phase 1 – the acquisition of Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSM) – has been ... More >>
Address to the Department of Defence Senior Leadership Group
Friday, 26 November 2010, 2:38 pm | Australian Defence Force
Thank you for that introduction. I’m very pleased to be here at your Senior Leadership Group Meeting. Can I formally thank the Secretary of the Department, Ian, and the Chief of Defence Force, Angus, as I did in Parliament yesterday, for the work they ... More >>
Exercise Boss Lift Brings in the Bosses
Friday, 26 November 2010, 2:36 pm | Australian Defence Force
Civilian employers of Defence Force Reservists have experienced first-hand the conditions and challenges faced by their employees whilst serving on operations overseas. Twenty-three employers recently joined their Reservist employees currently deployed to the Solomon ... More >>
AUS Defence Minister Remarks on Afghanistan
Friday, 26 November 2010, 10:27 am | Australian Defence Force
DAVID SPEERS: Minister, can I ask you about another matter? Finally, Afghanistan - as this year draws to a close and I suppose the fighting season in Afghanistan tends to wind down as they head into the winter months as well, what progress can ... More >>
AUS Defence Minister Remarks on Korean Situation
Friday, 26 November 2010, 10:13 am | Australian Defence Force
DAVID SPEERS : Joining us now to look at the developments on the Korean Peninsula is the Defence Minster Stephen Smith. Minister, thanks for joining us. These new threats from North Korea today about more attacks if the alleged provocation continues ... More >>
AUSTRALIA: Black Hawk emergency landing in Yass
Friday, 26 November 2010, 10:02 am | Australian Defence Force
An Army Black Hawk helicopter from the 5th Aviation Regiment, based at Townsville, Queensland, conducted an emergency landing near Yass yesterday afternoon (24 November 2010). The Black Hawk was conducting a training activity with eight soldiers on board, ... More >>
Aussies Mentor Afghan National Army Commanders
Friday, 26 November 2010, 10:00 am | Australian Defence Force
At Camp Hero, an Afghan base near Kandahar, 23 International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) members of the 205^th Coalition Advisory Team (CAT), led by Australian Colonel John Simeoni, advise and mentor the regional headquarters staff of the Afghan ... More >>
New senior member for Defence Reserves Support Council
Wednesday, 24 November 2010, 9:48 am | Australian Defence Force
Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Senator the Hon David Feeney today announced the appointment of Mr Tony Behm to the National Executive of the Defence Reserves Support Council (DRSC) as its new Senior Member. More >>
Navy Submarine Fleet on the Prowl off Western AUS Coast
Tuesday, 23 November 2010, 11:23 am | Australian Defence Force
The Royal Australian Navy has three Collins class submarines at sea, with HMAS Dechaineux and HMAS Collins sailing from their base at Fleet Base West at HMAS Stirling for Anti Submarine Warfare exercises. More >>
Joint Press Conference: AUS and Singapore Defence Ministers
Tuesday, 23 November 2010, 11:19 am | Australian Defence Force
STEPHEN SMITH: Thank you very much. I'm very pleased this morning to welcome Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Deputy Prime Minister Teo, to Australia. It's not his first visit, but we are very pleased to see him here. More >>
Australia – Singapore Defence Cooperation
Tuesday, 23 November 2010, 11:11 am | Australian Defence Force
I met Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Mr Teo Chee Hean in Canberra today, Monday 22 November.Deputy Prime Minister Teo is visiting Australia from Friday 19 November to Tuesday 23 November. More >>
Minister for Defence Stephen Smith, MP
Monday, 22 November 2010, 12:27 pm | Australian Defence Force
ANNE BARKER: Stephen Smith, will Australia be committing more troops to Afghanistan if NATO or the US asks it to? STEPHEN SMITH: Well, we’re not expecting to receive such a request either from NATO, from ISAF or from the United States. We are the ... More >>
Australian Land Warfare Confrence
Saturday, 20 November 2010, 12:25 pm | Australian Defence Force
JASON CLARE: I'll make a few introductory remarks and then I'll hand over to General Caligari to say a few words, and then invite some questions. We also have here Adam and Jacob. Adam is wearing the new combat uniform that we're going to introduce into ... More >>
Land Warfare Conference
Friday, 19 November 2010, 3:28 pm | Australian Defence Force
When I started this job a few weeks ago one of the first people to text me was Kim Beazley. He said welcome to the defence foundry - and a big part of Australian industry. I caught up with Kim last week and he told me: “I’m so bloody envious of you”. ... More >>
Trial of new combat uniform extended to Aussie troops
Friday, 19 November 2010, 1:54 pm | Australian Defence Force
The Australian Government will extend the trial of a new ‘Multicam’ combat uniform following positive feedback from Special Forces soldiers wearing them in Afghanistan. More >>
More apprentices for Australia’s Defence Industry
Friday, 19 November 2010, 1:39 pm | Australian Defence Force
Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare today announced the Australian Government would invest $12.5 million in almost 5,000 training places to boost the skills of the Defence industry workforce. More >>
Afghan National Army builds new patrol base
Friday, 19 November 2010, 9:20 am | Australian Defence Force
The Afghan National Army (ANA) continues to demonstrate its growing capabilities as a security force, building a new ANA patrol base in the West Dorafshan region of Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. More >>
Visit to Lisbon for NATO Summit
Friday, 19 November 2010, 9:19 am | Australian Defence Force
I will accompany Prime Minister Julia Gillard to Lisbon, Portugal, to attend the Summit Meeting of NATO Heads of State and Government on Friday and Saturday 19-20 November. More >>
First Afghan-led combined operation underway
Friday, 19 November 2010, 9:09 am | Australian Defence Force
The Afghan National Army (ANA) and Afghan National Police (ANP) have successfully commenced their first combined Afghan-led operation in Uruzgan Province, clearing the insurgent stronghold of West Dorafshan and confiscating dangerous weapons and ... More >>
AUS Minister for Defence - Sky News Interview
Thursday, 18 November 2010, 2:34 pm | Australian Defence Force
DAVID SPEERS : After /Question Time/ tomorrow, the Prime Minister will be heading off overseas again. She's making a 55 hour round trip to Portugal for an important NATO conference on Afghanistan. This Summit will consider what sort of timetable ... More >>
