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SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia said on Tuesday it would boost its defence spending by an additional A$11.1 billion ($7.25 billion) over the next decade to procure six 'optionally crewed' warships and ...
In June 2024, the government announced a new policy to grow the ADF as outlined in the National Defence Strategy released in April 2024. [ 163 ] [ 164 ] Under the policy, permanent residents who have lived in Australia for 12 months from countries in the Five Eyes alliance will become eligible to join the ADF.
The Defence Committee is the primary decision-making committee in the Department of Defence, supported by six subordinate committees, groups and boards. The Defence Committee is focused on major capability development and resource management for the Australian Defence Organisation and shared accountability of the Secretary and the Chief of the Defence Force.
Entities within Defence report to the Minister for Defence, but the defence minster's portfolio and ADO are not identical, for example the Department of Veterans' Affairs reports to the defence minister but is not part of Defence. [8] For the 2024-25 financial year, as estimated in the Defence Portfolio Budget Statement prepared as part of the ...
Indonesia and Australia hope to sign a "very significant" defence cooperation agreement within the next few months, Australian defence minister Richard Marles said on Friday after meeting his ...
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia and Indonesia agreed a treaty-level defence cooperation agreement which allow Australian and Indonesian militaries to operate from each other's countries, Australian ...
As of 2024, the Commander (COMD SPACECOMD) is Major General Greg Novak. [2] [3] Space Command was initially formed under the RAAF in January 2022, and reorganised under JCG in July 2023 in response to the Australian Defence Strategic Review [4]
The Defence Strategic Policy and Intelligence Group (SP&I) of the Australian Government Department of Defence is responsible for defence diplomacy, strategic policy, international security, and military intelligence co-ordination and advice to the Prime Minister of Australia, Minister for Defence, Secretary of the Department of Defence, and Chief of the Defence Force. [1]