Australia’s military has serious questions to answer about the well-being of personnel and veterans amid a “national tragedy” of defence force suicide, the chair of an inquiry into the issue says. The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide is sitting in Adelaide for two weeks. The 10th block of hearings is looking at how…

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Ryan Christopher, director of ADF UK, a faith based legal advocacy organisation that defends fundamental freedoms and has recently been involved in representing people who were arrested for silently praying. Ryan talks about what it means for our freedoms after recent laws were passed to create buffer zones around…

Veterans’ Affairs Minister Matt Keogh says there is more to do in making sure defence personnel are looked after following their return home. As Australians mark Anzac Day, Keogh said the country had an important duty to care for service men and women. “We have a responsibility to look after our veterans, whether they’ve served…

Australia will cut the purchase of new armoured vehicles in favour of long-range missiles to better deal with the Beijing threat and pivot the country’s military from a land-based fighting force to one better suited to maritime warfare. On April 24, the Labor government received the final report from a defence review ordered in August…

The federal government is now considering the results of a six-month review of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to determine whether it is fit for purpose to deal with a militarily aggressive Chinese Communist Party. The report was ordered last August by the newly elected Labor government and came just two years after the 2020…

Two-thirds of Australia could be at risk from Beijing’s land-based missiles, according to a submission to the national Defence Strategic Review. The 33-page submission, prepared by former analysts at Defence Department and the U.S.-based Rand Corporation, includes a map showing Australia’s vulnerability to potential strikes from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), The Daily Telegraph reported….

Defence Minister Richard Marles has warned that the situation in the Indo-Pacific has become “far too precarious” to depend on the United States as Australia’s security guarantor. Australia’s alliance with the United States has been central to the country’s view of the world and national security since World War II. However, in a keynote address…

Australia must speed up efforts to build a military strike capability before nuclear submarines are ready to prepare for China’s possible aggression against Taiwan, Australian shadow Defence Minister Andrew Hastie said. In a speech at a Business News Politics and policy breakfast in Perth on Nov. 2, Hastie called for the country to “build and…

Injured veterans will soon receive an extra $1000 a year, and more staff will be hired to process their claims. The federal budget includes an additional $97.9 million for totally and permanently incapacitated former defence personnel. It also earmarks $233.9 million to hire 500 more frontline staff at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Extra funding will also…

Australia’s defence minister has announced the federal government will be taking a more hands-on approach to defence capability projects after it was revealed that the defence forces were facing the possibility of a significant capability gap because a tranche of projects are facing significant schedule delays and budget variations. Speaking to ABC Radio on Oct. 10,…