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Lieutenant General Michelle McGuinness has been chosen as the next Australian Cyber Security Coordinator, replacing Air Marshall Darren Goldie after a recall in 2022. McGuinness is a thirty-year veteran in the Australian Defence Force who has held various tactical, strategic, and operational roles and also served as Deputy Director of Commonwealth Integration with the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency since 2021. Clare...

Australia has started to receive the first batch of "smart" sea mines, which have already seen some use during training and multinational drills, according to Air Vice Marshall Leon Philips, head of the Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Enterprise (GWEO) in comments made during the 21st Australian Defence Magazine Congress today. Australia did not disclose the mine's type or the...

Australia sent a C-27 cargo aircraft with a team aboard to Fiji to boost air monitoring in the country and the surrounding area on February 22nd. The team and the aircraft will be stationed at Mausori International Airport. Fiji's Minister for Home Affairs and Immigration, Pio Tikoduadua, said the partnership with Australia is "critical in addressing traditional and non-traditional security...

Australia has plans to double its current fleet size, effectively building the biggest fleet since World War II, Minister for Defense Richard Marles announced in Sydney on February 20th. The decision comes as part of the Australian government's response to the surface fleet review the navy commissioned last year. The Royal Australian Navy will build 17 new "Tier 2" warships,...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has stated Vladimir Putin is responsible for Alexei Navalny's recent death in custody. “Australia is shocked and saddened by the news of Alexei Navalny's death, and we hold Vladimir Putin and the Russian regime responsible for this death in prison.” “Vladimir Putin is an authoritarian, and we have a divide in the world between authoritarian regimes and...