Around Defence
-
HMAS Success in sea search
Able Seaman Boatswains Mate Chris Sinclair of HMAS Success searches for evidence of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the ship's Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat while deployed to the southern Indian Ocean.
Photo by ABIS Julianne Cropley
-
Exercise Sea Dawn
An Australian Army landing craft carrying members of the Combat Support Element returns to HMAS Choules during Exercise Sea Dawn 2014. Australian Army, Navy and Air Force members are participating in the exercise in north Queensland from 24 March to 16 April.
Photo by Able Seaman Richard Cordell
-
Search for MH370
Royal Australian Air Force Flight Sergeant Scott Brandon conducts a visual search from an AP-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft during the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
Photo by Leading Aircraftman Oliver Carter
-
Preparing for assessment
Major Ross Wehby briefs No. 52 Joint Terminal Attack Controller course students Gunner Sean Bradow (left) and Gunner Oliver Price, before their night assessment at Line Creek Junction, High Range, Queensland.
Photo by Corporal Shannon McCarthy
-
Navy hosts Indian Ocean symposium
Seaman Communications Information Systems Leroy Ghee during a cultural dance display with the Royal Australian Navy Indigenous Performance Group and RAN Band during the 2014 Indian Ocean Naval Symposium Gala Dinner in Perth, Western Australia.
Photo by Able Seaman Lee-Anne Mack
Our People
Raymond Doyle - Gympie man at work in Afghanistan
Raymond Doyle will not be among the Dawn Service crowd at Gympie's Cenotaph this year because he will be busy at work - in Afghanistan.
Latest releases
Services
Defence Initiatives
F-35As to transform Australia's air combat capability
Australia will acquire another 58 F-35A Lightning II aircraft in a major boost to the nation's air combat capability, Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced in Canberra on April 23.
Chinese Navy Liaison Officer farewelled after successful visit
Commander Lin Wan of the People's Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) was farewelled from HMAS Success on 20 April following a successful 12-day placement as part of Operation Southern Indian Ocean.
Royal couple visits Amberley
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge viewed an F/A-18F Super Hornet, experienced a flight in a Super Hornet simulator and met with Australian Defence Force personnel, families and veterans during a visit to Australia's largest air base on 19 April.
Solomon Islands disaster relief mission complete
The ADF engineering reconnaissance and planning assistance teams sent to Solomon Islands in the wake of severe flooding have returned home.
Making our information easier to find
In a significant step towards providing more easily discoverable information, Defence provides new pathways to information on our website through the Information Publication Scheme pages and documents released under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 which are now available online.
Subscribe to the FOI RSS feed
In keeping with improved accountability within Department of Defence, from 20 January 2012, Hot Issue Briefs submitted to the Minister for Defence by the Department of Defence will be publicly released.
Subscribe to the HIB RSS feed