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Minister for Defence Senator the Hon Marise Payne will meet with her New Zealand counterpart, Minister of Defence the Hon Gerry Brownlee MP, in Christchurch on Monday 14 December 2015. “This will be our first formal bilateral meeting and will provide a timely opportunity to discuss mutual defence and security issues,” Minister Payne ...

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Australian Defence Force personnel have deployed across the ditch to New Zealand for Exercise SOUTHERN KATIPO, a stability and security exercise using amphibious forces. The bilateral exercise involved approximately 150 Australian personnel operating in the Marlborough, Nelson and Buller districts of the South Island, New Zealand from 17 Oct to ...

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The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) conducted a port visit and naval exercise with the People’s Liberation Army – Navy (PLA-N) in Zhanjiang, China during the period 31 October to 2 November.   The port visit by HMAS Ships Stuart and Arunta to Zhanjiang included a combined planning session for the exercise, official functions with loc...

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Australia has achieved another significant milestone in contributing to production work for the global F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program. Under a long-term agreement with Northrop Grumman Corporation valued at US$15 million, BAE Systems Australia has begun exporting high-end circuit boards and sub-system assemblies for the F-35. The agr...

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Senator Marise Payne has been announced as Australia's new Minister for Defence. Newly-minted Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced his reshuffled Cabinet appointments in Canberra yesterday. Senator Payne replaces Kevin Andrews who had only served in the role since December 2014. Senator Payne has a strong background in strategic and for...

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This year's Australian International Airshow has delivered a multi-million dollar economic and tourist bonanza. The figures are detailed in a report prepared by the National Institute of Economic and Industry Research in the months following last February's event. Victoria received a gross economic benefit of $146.2 million and househ...

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A century after the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps fought side-by-side on the battlefield at Gallipoli, the Defence relationship between the two nations remains as important as ever.   Australia’s Defence leaders hosted their New Zealand counterparts in Canberra this week for the Australia-New Zealand Chief Executives’ Mee...

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The Australian division of European aerospace company Airbus has confirmed it is buying Air New Zealand's subsidiary Safe Air. Last week the Business Herald revealed Airbus Group Australia Pacific was in the running to buy the business which does maintenance and engineering for a number of military and commercial customers, including the Roy...

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Maritime security operations by Australian and New Zealand frigates operating in the Middle East region during the past six weeks have seized almost a tonne of narcotics worth an estimated street value of $811 million.  Royal Australian Navy Guided Missile Frigate, HMAS Newcastle netted 724kg of narcotics worth an estimated $597 million. Du...

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The Government has finalised a forensic audit to quantify the level of cost and schedule overruns in the Air Warfare Destroyer Project. The most reliable estimates now suggest that the project will require an additional $1.2 billion to be completed, which will have to be funded at the expense of other Defence acquisitions. Delivery of the thr...