A woman in a blue coat works on a creative writing project.
21 Aug 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Officer finds voice through creative writing

A poetry project brings the chance to learn new skills in a safe and supportive environment.

Sports, health & wellbeing | People & service
A bearded man holds a brush as he works on a black and white artwork.
20 Aug 2025
Navy
News

Rebuilding through art

The ADF’s ARRTS program helps a chief petty officer see the world through new eyes.

Sports, health & wellbeing | People & service
Two men, one in uniform, sit side by side at a document-laden table. Behind them are Australian flags and some maps.
20 Aug 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force, Space, Cyber
News

$1.5 bn logistics contract to keep ADF mission-ready

ADF logistics will be streamlined with a 10-year, $1.5 billion contract with Toll Remote Logistics.

Capability & technology | Industry & partnership
A man in Australian Army uniform poses in a leafy, tropical garden.
20 Aug 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force
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Shared roots strengthen partnerships

Sergeant Caryl Martinez returns to his roots during Alon 25 deployment in the Philippines.

Alliances & relationships | People & service
A man in uniform embraces an older man.
19 Aug 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

A heartfelt return to Palawan

Exercise Alon 25 gives Leading Seaman Ernesto Sanchez the opportunity to reconnect with family in the Philippines.

Alliances & relationships | People & service
A RAAF EA-18G Growler crew fires an AIM-9X Sidewinder (Block II) missile at a BQM-74E aerial target during Exercise Archer 2025.
19 Aug 2025
Navy, Air Force
News

US joins air and missile defence trials off NSW

Coalition naval and air forces combine to exercise interoperability in firing live munitions.

Alliances & relationships | Capability & technology
People march through a park for the Hutt Street Centre’s Walk a Mile in My Boots annual charity event.
18 Aug 2025
Navy, Air Force
News

Encounter promises Adelaide ‘you’ll never walk alone’

Defence personnel volunteer to support a major South Australian charity fundraiser for homelessness.

Community engagement | People & service
Air Force member in blue camouflage uniform works on a trophy in the Edgy Lab at RAAF Base Williamtown.
15 Aug 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force, Space, Cyber
News

Celebrating innovation for National Science Week

Edgy Air Force uplifts, upskills and challenges members to use creativity to design solutions to problems.

Capability & technology | People & service
Army Service Medallions for, left to right, 20 years, 10 years, four years.
15 Aug 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force
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Medallion pays tribute to service

Award now available to all eligible reserve and permanent personnel transitioning from the ADF.

Awards & recognition | People & service
An F/A-18F Super Hornet in the sky, with contrails coming out the sides.
15 Aug 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

A roaring start to Supercars

The ADF gave motorsport fans a taste of the similarities between Supercars and the military at Ipswich Super 440.

Community engagement
Defence engineer Harshraj Batth has been fascinated by the way things work from an early age.
15 Aug 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

From childhood curiosity to cutting-edge career

For Defence engineer Harshraj Batth, science has always been a way of understanding the world.

Capability & technology | People & service
The signing of the surrender document by Allied personnel and representatives of the Japanese forces aboard the United States battleship Missouri, September 2, 1945.
15 Aug 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Commemorating 80 years since Victory in the Pacific

On VP Day, August 15, we remember Australia’s war efforts from 1942-45 in the Pacific region.

Ceremonies & events | Commemoration & history