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New Commander for Australian forces in the Middle East
Thursday, 19 January 2012, 9:35 am | Defence Media Centre
Australian Defence personnel serving in the Middle East Area of Operations will welcome a new commander today. After 12 months at the helm, Major General Angus Campbell AM, will formally hand over command of Australian Defence Force Joint Task Force ... More >>
Afghan And Australian Troops Discover Ammonium Nitrate Cache
Monday, 16 January 2012, 2:12 pm | Defence Media Centre
The Afghan National Security Force (ANSF) and Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) have seized and destroyed 3.75 tonnes of ammonium nitrate during an operation in Zabul Province on 30 December 2011. Ammonium nitrate is a key component of improvised ... More >>
Navy assumes Command of International Middle East Task Force
Friday, 16 December 2011, 1:23 pm | Defence Media Centre
Royal Australian Navy’s Commodore Jonathan Mead has assumed command of Combined Maritime Operations in support of counter-terrorism in the Gulf region of the Middle East. Supported by a team of Australian and New Zealand naval personnel, Commodore ... More >>
Afghan & Australian troops seize insurgent poppy seed cache
Wednesday, 7 December 2011, 5:31 pm | Defence Media Centre
Afghan National Security Force (ANSF), Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) and US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) personnel have destroyed 1785kg of poppy seed during a successful mission in Helmand Province. More >>
Brisbane farewells next rotation of soldiers to Afghanistan
Wednesday, 7 December 2011, 4:59 pm | Defence Media Centre
Almost 900 soldiers about to deploy to Afghanistan were publicly recognised by their family, friends and colleagues during an official farewell parade on Saturday, December 3 2011. More >>
Australian Troops Aid Civilian Casualties From IED Blast
Wednesday, 7 December 2011, 12:38 pm | Defence Media Centre
Australian soldiers and their Afghan partners have provided emergency medical assistance to a group of Afghan civilians who were injured when their vehicle struck an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Uruzgan Province on Monday, 5 December 2011. Three children ... More >>
Pakistan – Australia 1.5 Track Security Dialogue
Tuesday, 29 November 2011, 3:18 pm | Defence Media Centre
The Chief of the Defence Force, General David Hurley, has co-chaired the second round of the Pakistan – Australia 1.5 Track Security Dialogue with Pakistan’s Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, General Khalid Shameem Wynne, in Rawalpindi, ... More >>
Chief of the Defence Force misquoted on Australia-China
Tuesday, 22 November 2011, 10:35 am | Defence Media Centre
The Chief of the Defence Force, General David Hurley has been misquoted by News Limited on Australia's relationship with China. A number of News Limited publications and online reports incorrectly quoted an excerpt from General Hurley's interview ... More >>
Air Force Agency Wins International Aviation Award
Monday, 14 November 2011, 11:15 am | Defence Media Centre
A ceremony will be held in Brisbane tonight recognising the Royal Australian Air Force’s receipt of a top international aviation award. More >>
Three Australian Diggers Wounded In Afghan Shooting
Thursday, 10 November 2011, 1:04 pm | Defence Media Centre
Three Australian soldiers have been seriously wounded and two of their Afghan partners have sustained minor wounds in an incident involving an Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier in eastern Uruzgan yesterday afternoon (Tuesday, 8 November 2011 local Afghan ... More >>
Sailor Dies On Board Hmas Toowoomba
Wednesday, 26 October 2011, 9:26 am | Defence Media Centre
A Royal Australian Navy sailor serving in HMAS Toowoomba has died while the ship was conducting a port visit to Mumbai, India. More >>
Australian Mentoring of Afghan Army Produces Results
Friday, 14 October 2011, 2:49 pm | Defence Media Centre
Australia’s largest unit in Afghanistan, Mentoring Task Force – Three (MTF-3), continues to build on the achievements of its predecessors. Commanding Officer of MTF-3, Lieutenant Colonel Chris Smith, said that since the Australian Defence Force ... More >>
Australia: Review of Weapons of Mass Destruction Act 1995
Thursday, 13 October 2011, 3:01 pm | Defence Media Centre
Defence has released details of a review into the Weapons of Mass Destruction (Prevention of Proliferation) Act. The Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith, has appointed Mr Bill Blick AM, PSM, to conduct the review. Mr Blick is a former Inspector General ... More >>
Exercise Olgeta Warrior starts in PNG
Friday, 7 October 2011, 12:43 pm | Defence Media Centre
The Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, Senator David Feeney, today travelled to Papua New Guinea (PNG) to visit approximately 300 Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel participating in Exercise OLGETA WARRIOR. Senator Feeney will also meet ... More >>
Two Australian Soldiers Wounded in Afghanistan
Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 3:37 pm | Defence Media Centre
An Australian soldier serving with Mentoring Task Force – Three (MTF-3) in Afghanistan has returned to restricted duties after he sustained minor wounds when he fell down an embankment. More >>
Five Australian soldiers wounded in separate incidents
Friday, 30 September 2011, 5:19 pm | Defence Media Centre
Five Australian soldiers were Wounded in Action as a result of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blasts during two separate incidents in Uruzgan Province on 23 and 25 September 2011. More >>
Craftsman Beau Pridue farewelled in East Timor
Thursday, 22 September 2011, 12:52 pm | Defence Media Centre
Troops of the Australian-led International Stabilisation Force in East Timor have farewelled their mate, Craftsman Beau Pridue, who was killed in a tragic motor vehicle accident in regional East Timor last week. More >>
RAAF member dies following Talisman Sabre explosion
Tuesday, 20 September 2011, 2:41 pm | Defence Media Centre
It is with deep regret that the Australian Defence Force announces the death of Royal Australian Air Force Sergeant Michael Dunn, who died in hospital this morning. His injuries were sustained during an explosion at Rockhampton Airport in July, as part ... More >>
Statement on Behalf of the Family of Craftsman Beau Pridue
Tuesday, 20 September 2011, 11:17 am | Defence Media Centre
Our family is devastated at the tragic loss of our son, Beau, in East Timor. Growing up in Newcastle Beau always strived to be the best he could be, he loved his family, he loved his mates and he loved the Army. He was a qualified Fitter Armament with ... More >>
General Courts Martial: Civilian Casualty Incident Feb 2009
Tuesday, 30 August 2011, 5:35 pm | Defence Media Centre
General Courts Martial relating to charges against Australian defence force members relating to the 12 February 2009 Civilian Casualty Incident More >>
