The Captain of the PNGRL Women's XIII, Belinda Gawasaman, with the captain of the ADF Women’s Rugby League team, Corporal Lowana McDougall, at Santos National Football Stadium in Port Moresby for the invitational match.
25 Jun 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force
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Deepening ties through rugby league

Tour celebrates bonds between PNG and Australia and the shared commitment to women in sports.

Alliances & relationships | Sports, health & wellbeing
Soldiers of the 5th/7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, on parade with Army Reconnaisance Helicopters from 1st Aviation Regiment during the Battle of Binh Ba commemoration service held in Darwin.
24 Jun 2025
Army
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Battalion marks Battle of Binh Ba anniversary

ADF and veterans commemorate one of the fiercest engagements of the Vietnam War, 56 years on.

Ceremonies & events | Commemoration & history
Warrant Officer Class 1 Adam Keys, from 6th Engineer Support Regiment, assesses World War 2 ordnance at the Explosive Ordnance Disposal facility at Hells Point in the Solomon Islands.
24 Jun 2025
Army
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Partnership safeguards Pacific communities

Training enables Royal Solomon Islands Police to deal with WW2 unexploded ordnance.

Alliances & relationships | Operations & missions
Chief of the Defence Force Admiral David Johnston, welcomes Commander US Space Command, General Stephen Whiting, to Russell offices in Canberra.
24 Jun 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force, Space
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Space partners eye secure future

Top-level visit highlights Australia-US common vision for a free and secure space environment.

Alliances & relationships | Capability & technology
An Australian Army soldier from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, delivers orders during a blank fire trench serial at Townsville Field Training Area.
23 Jun 2025
Army
News

Trench warfare doctrine put to the test

Lessons from recent conflicts inform a return to a form of combat that had fallen out of focus.

Capability & technology | Exercises & training
The Australian Defence Force Drone Racing Team celebrate retaining the title at the Military International Drone Racing Tournament in Lewis, New York.
23 Jun 2025
Army, Air Force
News

ADF drone racers top international field

Team wins fourth tournament, beating United Kingdom, Singapore and the United States.

Capability & technology | Exercises & training
Defence Science and Technology Group's three Women in STEM Ambassadors, Shanae Lay, Gleny Chirima and Bianca Capra.
23 Jun 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force, Space
News

Women forge path to future in STEM

Pathfinders reflect for International Women in Engineering Day.

Capability & technology | People & service
Left to right, former crew members of Centurion 169041, Barry Hodges, Graham Munsell and Ray Arthur out the front of in front of 1st Armoured Regiment at RAAF Base Edinburgh.
23 Jun 2025
Army
News

The story of Australia’s ‘atomic tank’

A Centurion tank goes from surviving a nuclear blast, to combat, to resting at Edinburgh.

Commemoration & history | People & service
Australian Army soldier Gunner Thomas Hayes, from 111 Battery, 16th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, helps load a Sidewinder missile on a NASAMS High-Mobility Launcher during a live-fire certification activity at Woomera Test Range, South Australia.
23 Jun 2025
Army
News

Gap-year gunners fire up new capability

More than 40 soldiers join 16th Regiment to help launch the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System.

Capability & technology | People & service
A man in full Army fatigues manoeuvring a missile.
20 Jun 2025
Army
News

Travel leads to new life in Army

More than a decade after leaving Brazil, Gunner Cristiano Molina now loads missiles in the outback.

Capability & technology | People & service
Corporal Lowana McDougall, Aircraftwoman Emily Harman, and Private Hope Hutchins from the Australian Defence Force Women's Rugby League team at the Bomana War Cemetery in Port Moresby, PNG.
20 Jun 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force
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ADF players honour fallen heroes

The ADF Women’s Rugby League team visits Bomana War Cemetery in Port Moresby, PNG.

Alliances & relationships | Commemoration & history
Members of the Australian Defence Force Women's Rugby League team engage with students from Waigani Christian Academy in Port Moresby, PNG.
19 Jun 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

School visit deepens Pacific partnerships

ADF Women's Rugby League team share lessons on sport and life with PNG students.

Alliances & relationships | Sports, health & wellbeing