Budget 2024: APS payroll headcount surges to 300,000 Economy & Industry Big boost in numbers as APS and non-APS agencies replenished with staff to cement in service delivery improvements and permanent headcount.
Korean partner agencies host Australian Border Force May 14, 2024 By Dan Holmes Defence Australia and South Korea have grown closer, responding to changing strategic conditions and the growing opportunities for co-investment.
New laws restricting post-Defence employment take effect May 7, 2024 By Julian Bajkowski Careers Defence’s coders and even cleaners are among departing personnel who will need to check whether the bans apply to them.
Albanese besomes first sitting PM to walk the Kokoda Track April 23, 2024 By Dan Holmes Federal PNG prime minister James Marape said he would walk the Kokoda Track with Anthony Albanese ‘until he stops’.
Premium Insights and analysis Defence must accept external oversight to show people are truly its greatest asset April 18, 2024 By Melissa Coade Culture The government must heed the message from the once-in-a-generation inquiry examining Defence’s suicide rates.
Marles hoists anchor on massive Defence overhaul April 17, 2024 By Julian Bajkowski Defence Top brass have been told real threats require real and proportionate responses … and they are needed fast.
War Memorial project on track, despite lingering problems April 13, 2024 By Dan Holmes Culture The ANAO review shows the Australian War Memorial has problems with probity, contracts, and conflicts of interest.
Every four hours, emergency services are alerted to a life or death crisis for ADF personnel April 12, 2024 By Melissa Coade Defence New research has flagged that every four hours emergency services are contacted by a serving or ex-serving ADF member across the country.
Premium Case studies Who is Vice Admiral David Johnston, the new ADF chief? April 11, 2024 By Anton Nilsson Defence A Navy veteran since the age of 16, Johnston is seen as a capable but cautious commander and an asset in the context of the AUKUS pact.
Israel special adviser named after aid worker death April 8, 2024 By Cassandra Morgan Federal A former chief of the Australian Defence Force has been named as a special adviser to the federal government on Israel.
Outgoing top brass asked to ensure Defence suicide prevention stays a priority March 29, 2024 By Melissa Coade Defence General Angus Campbell said the royal commission was a once-in-a-generation opportunity for change in Defence.
‘We have let them down’: Defence chief emphatic members who died by suicide not failures in ADF’s eyes March 28, 2024 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Angus Campbell railed against the suggestion that Defence personnel who died by suicide let down the service.
Premium Case studies Defence secretary’s collision with accountability March 28, 2024 By Melissa Coade Defence Greg Moriarty’s final appearance before the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide included an edifying moment with a grieving mother.
Premium Case studies Royal commission prods Greg Moriarty for secretaries board intel March 27, 2024 By Melissa Coade Defence At the most basic level, the commissioners wanted to know how much of a priority preventing veteran suicide is a whole-of-government priority.
Defence faces mammoth task with large cohort of ‘poorly transitioned’ veterans, royal commission hears March 27, 2024 By Melissa Coade Defence Observers are yet to be convinced that the refreshed approach being taken by the DVA to improve veteran support will be fit for purpose.
