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Military honours for personnel across land, sea and air

High-performing Australian Defence Force personnel across the Navy, Army and Air Force have been recognised for their outstanding service and contribution.

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After 125 Years of Male Leadership, Australia Names Its First Female Army Chief – Who Is Susan Coyle?

Lieutenant General Susan Coyle becomes the first female chief of the Australian Army, breaking a 125-year tradition of male leadership and advancing gender equality in military history.

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Taxpayers stung for Defence mistake on Redback vehicles

Defence's failure to pay invoices on time for a project worth $7 billion will cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars in penalty payments.

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Australia-PNG defence treaty: what we can learn from history to make this new alliance work

After a slight delay, Australia and Papua New Guinea formally signed a defence treaty this week committing the two nations to come to each other’s aid if one is faced with an attack.

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They loved and were loved: soldier remembers lost mates

After six of his mates were killed in Afghanistan within two months, Major General Jason Blain says he will be thinking of them on Remembrance Day.

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King's Birthday 2024 Military Honours List

Military honours as part of the King's Birthday include 26 Conspicuous Service Cross and 31 Conspicuous Service Medals.

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‘No longer useful’: the dark history of Australia’s post-war Asian deportations

After the second world war, many Asian-born servicemen and their families were ordered to leave the country they had fought for – leaving a trauma that persists to this day

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'Universally loved': Fitzgibbon family remember their larrikin, Jack

Lance Corporal Fitzgibbon lost his life in a parachute accident.

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World War II veteran who grew up in Great Depression turns 100

Les Thomson could become Australia's last World War II veteran.

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Australia commits $160m to build more Bushmasters after donating 90 to Ukraine in war against Russia

Bendigo-based Thales Australia signs a contract to build another order of 78 troop-carrying and command vehicles for the Australian Army, as the Netherlands and pledge to build an "international coalition" to provide fighter jet support for Ukraine

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Auxiliary power: in wartime, Australian women fought germs, fired shells – and took on gender norms

Sheila Sibley enlisted in the Australian Army in 1942 with a vision of becoming a wartime nurse – “an angel of mercy, the wounded man’s guide … the Rose of No-Man’s Land”, in her own words.

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Army honours largest ever First Nations battalion in 80-year WWII commemoration

When war was on the doorstep to Australia's north 80 years ago, nearly 900 Torres Strait Islanders signed up to help protect the country despite not being able to enter pub, earn a fair wage, or be counted in the Commonwealth census.

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