Australia commits $100m to build more army Bushmasters at Thales Bendigo
The federal government has ordered another 40 Bendigo-built Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles in a contract valued at ...
Army to get dozens of new Bushmasters under $100m build contract
Multinational weapons maker Thales will build dozens of internationally coveted Bushmasters in Bendigo under a government contract worth more than $100m.
Defence Force members jailed over stealing meals from dining halls
A defence force crackdown targeting members stealing meals from dining halls has resulted in two jail sentences and thousands ...
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Australian Army experiments with UGVs, but seeks understanding before proliferation
The Australian Army is experimenting with UGVs and how they might best be employed, though none have been procured at scale ...
Defence reserves ‘understrength’; to be trained like Ukrainian fighters
A new approach to training Australian Defence Force reservists would be modelled on a five-week program to train Ukrainian ...
Why Cairns and Townsville must work together to amplify defence potential of the north
A long-serving defence veteran has called for greater teamwork from the country’s northern cities and local governments to ...
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I/ITSEC 2024: Australian Army approaches second phase of countermining training
The Australian Army has been progressing with the countermine preparation of its School of Military Engineering and its Combat Engineer and Special Operations Engineer Regiments, with the next phase ...
Australian fighting in Ukraine begs for medical evacuation after losing lower leg in landmine explosion
Casey was a steelworker in Brisbane. He’s now lost his foot in a Ukrainian hospital - and could face life without another of ...
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Australia’s army is suffering from a crisis of identity and confidence
On balance, the community from which the Australian Army is drawn, and that it serves, values and implicitly permits the army’s existence. While we can argue the toss in terms of whether the ...
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Bendigo Boosted by New Bushmaster Order
The Albanese Government will build more than 40 Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles, locking in over 250 local jobs in Bendigo and continuing its ...
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Australian think tank urges social media campaigns to target youth for military propaganda
Recent articles published by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), a government-funded think tank, have highlighted the concern which exists in ruling circles that young people aren ...