Will the Joint Strike Fighter's first Australian flight silence its critics?
Two Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II fighters will fly at Victoria's Avalon air show this weekend, but questions remain about the aircraft's effectiveness and operational readiness.
View ArticleJoint Strike Fighter jets forced to stay at Avalon Air Show after lightning...
Two Joint Strike Fighter planes, worth around $100 million each, are forced to stay an extra day at the Avalon Air Show west of Melbourne because there could be lightning near their next destination.
View Article'No-one cares, mate': Being a war veteran at 27
Chris May survived two missions to Afghanistan and being hit by an improvised explosive device. Then came the battle to fit back in to society.
View ArticleShipbuilding plan leaves Williamstown shipyard on brink of closure: Victorian...
Melbourne's Williamstown shipyard could be forced to close after the Federal Government's naval shipbuilding plan prioritised South Australia and Western Australia, Victorian Industry Minister Wade...
View ArticleSoldier killed at Mount Bundey, Jason Challis, remembered as 'happiest person...
More than 500 family and friends farewell Victorian man Private Jason Challis, who was killed during a live-fire training exercise in the Northern Territory two weeks ago.
View ArticleVictoria's Casey Council passes motion supporting conscription
A Victorian council has moved a motion to support the re-introduction of conscription. Casey Council in Melbourne's deep south will now write to the Defence Minister asking her to consider national...
View ArticleDepartment of Veterans' Affairs accused of contributing to digger's suicide
Combat veteran Jesse Bird took his own life after losing a claim for permanent impairment he had been pursuing for almost two years. Now his family is accusing the Department of Veterans Affairs of...
View Article'They deserted him': Veterans' department accused of contributing to digger's...
Combat veteran Jesse Bird took his own life after losing a claim for permanent impairment he had been pursuing for almost two years. Now his family is accusing the Department of Veterans Affairs of...
View ArticleDVA rally: Families want royal commission after series of veteran suicides
More than 100 people rally outside the Department of Veterans' Affairs in Melbourne to call for a royal commission into the department, in response to the rising tide of veterans committing suicide.
View ArticleRoyal Commission finds widespread abuse of HMAS Leeuwin recruits in Fremantle
The Navy failed in its duty of care for recruits who were abused at the former HMAS Leeuwin base in Fremantle, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse finds.
View ArticleJesse Bird: Department of Veterans' Affairs failed suicidal veteran, inquiry...
An official inquiry into the treatment of army veteran Jesse Bird, who took his own life, finds there were significant failures by the Department of Veterans' Affairs that increased his risk factors,...
View ArticleKokoda veterans reflect on 75 years since battle against Japanese they were...
Australia's surviving Kokoda veterans meet in Canberra to remember the campaign to recapture Port Moresby, 75 years on.
View ArticleClimate change-related disaster relief is increasing demand on Defence...
Australia's Defence Department has spelled out clearly to a Senate enquiry that climate change is increasing demand and will create "concurrency pressures" for the Defence Force as a rise in disaster...
View ArticleWar veterans find new meaning in civilian life by responding to disasters
An Australian solider who was nearly killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan gives struggling war veterans a 'reason to get out of bed' by responding to disasters.
View ArticleAustralian Defence Force veterans can feel marginalised at university, study...
Former defence personnel who study in Australia feel university can be difficult, demoralising and isolating, researchers have found.
View ArticleDefence families' changing face as more women join ranks of the military
A new generation of 'army wives' is emerging in the military. They're the husbands and partners of an increasing number of women who are joining the ranks.
View ArticleMelbourne researchers flag potential for new hearing loss treatment using...
Melbourne researchers say they have come up with a treatment using nanoparticles for hearing loss that could potentially replace hearing aids for millions of people worldwide.
View ArticleUncensored diaries celebrate the courage and camaraderie of women in World War I
The newly discovered diaries of an Australian Army nurse describe in vivid detail the fear of young Anzacs and the camaraderie of women in World War I.
View ArticleSoldier's death in live-fire exercise caused by 'catastrophic systemic...
A coroner finds that the death of a Victorian soldier in a live-fire exercise south of Darwin was partly the result of a "long-held mindset" against rehearsals for dynamic combat settings.
View ArticleBombing of Darwin survivor Herbert Kriloff dies aged 103
A survivor of the biggest World War II attack on Australian shores, Commander Herbert Kriloff, is remembered as "one of the pioneers, in more ways than one, of the alliance between the United States...
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