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Clare O’Neil describes the reset of Australia’s national security direction as a mammoth task for the nation’s public servants.

Defence launched its national blood donations drive over the past week, and members of the military in WA will participate in the 2021 Defence Blood Challenge.

A ‘space domain review’ is underway within Defence in response to the organisation’s move to recognise space as a full operational warfighting domain.

The Royal Australian Air Force has replaced the term ‘airmen’ with ‘aviators’ to describe its personnel, and has announced a new program that aims to “revamp” the culture of the Air Force. In a statement announcing the change on Thursday, the Department of Defence revealed a new ‘Our Air Force, Our Culture’ program would “revamp […]

With the development of hypersonic missiles — and ultimately aircraft — flying at several times the speed of sound, space-based systems, armed drones and uncrewed combat aircraft, the Royal Australian Air Force is fundamentally changing as it turns 100.

Much like Queen Victoria was given a rank-bump to Empress of India in 1876 to match status with the other major powers of the day, plans are afoot to make the Australian Defence Force service chiefs share equivalent rank with their global counterparts.

Many agencies integrate disaster and climate “resilience” into their policies, programs and asset management. But that doesn’t mean Australia is any closer to deciding on let alone committing to a long-term policy for handling climate change, says Verona Burgess.