A player in maroon singlet and shorts scores a try by diving between defenders dressed in black with teal-and-white stripes.
13 Oct 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

International flavour to touch nationals

Visiting Fijian teams bring their special flair to Defence championships in Queensland.

Community engagement | Sports, health & wellbeing
A man in Army uniform sits with another elderly man in civilian clothing, both wearing poppies.
10 Oct 2025
Army
News

Three generations of military service

Family members of World War 2 veteran Keith Fitzpatrick remember him after he died at the age of 101.

Commemoration & history | People & service
A specialist stands with equipment near a helicopter that is preparing to take off.
09 Oct 2025
Army
News

New advanced attack helicopters land

Army's aviation capability is boosted with the arrival of the first two of 29 new Apache helicopters.

Capability & technology
Two Australian soldiers conduct a jungle patrol with weapons.
09 Oct 2025
Army
News

Countries’ forces combine for jungle assault

Five Power Defence Arrangements soldiers swap tactics, techniques and procedures in classroom and out field.

Alliances & relationships | Exercises & training
Earth appears as a round blue ball, from the view of a satellite.
08 Oct 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force, Space, Cyber
News

Satellite's progress is out of this world

Defence nanosatellite, Buccaneer Main Mission, impresses as it orbits the Earth collecting data.

Capability & technology
A photographer in a helicopter films navy ships sailing information on open ocean.
08 Oct 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Regional partners mark firsts on Ex Bersama Lima

Five Power Defence Arrangements exercise develops cyber, unmanned aircraft, aerial re-supply and disaster relief.

Alliances & relationships | Exercises & training
A young man with a moustache sitting outside a worksite.
08 Oct 2025
Army
News

Army puts a spark in sapper’s life

A second-year apprentice electrician swaps civilian job sites for a deployment to Timor-Leste.

Exercises & training | People & service
Royal Australian Air Force aviators help load cargo to a C-17A Globemaster at Ho Chi Minh City International Airport, Vietnam before deploying peacekeepers to South Sudan.
08 Oct 2025
Army, Air Force
News

Aussies proud of peacekeeping role

Coordinating passengers and cargo engages ADF personnel with Vietnamese deployment to South Sudan.

Alliances & relationships | Operations & missions
Defence personnel from Australia, the US and Sri Lanka stand in a group outdoors.
07 Oct 2025
Army
News

Different languages, same training aims

Forces combine to refine survival techniques during intensive training in the Sri Lankan jungle.

Alliances & relationships | Exercises & training
An Australian diplomate farewells a Vietnamese peacekeeper on deployment to South Sudan.
07 Oct 2025
Army, Air Force
News

Australia supports Vietnam's UN peacekeepers

Training and preparation culminate in a strategic airlift to South Sudan as Australian-Vietnamese cooperation grows.

Alliances & relationships | Operations & missions
Soldiers running. Two are bearing a stretcher.
07 Oct 2025
Army
News

Building bonds in Timor-Leste

Australian soldiers join regional partners to build skills and infrastructure in Timor-Leste on Exercise Hari'i Hamutuk.

Alliances & relationships | Exercises & training
A female Australian Army member shakes hands with a female Timor-Leste member.
03 Oct 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Female soldiers inspired to lead

A gender development program in Timor-Leste inspires female personnel to pursue senior roles.

Alliances & relationships | Ceremonies & events