Australia looks set to add another layer to its growing “porcupine” of defences amid increasing tensions from Beijing in the Indo-Pacific region. The Defence Department has confirmed the government is considering the purchase of nearly $1 billion (US$700 million) worth of sea mines that will be deployed in the nation’s waters. “Defence is accelerating the…
Australian Defence ‘Porcupine’ to Bristle With New Layer of Weapons
January 22, 2023
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Defence Minister Overturns Ban on ‘Woke’ Activities Such as LGBT Morning Teas
August 24, 2022
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Labor Defence Minister Richard Marles has overturned a ban on workplace social justice activities, including LGBT morning teas, in Australia’s Department of Defence. The initial ban was implemented last year under former Coalition Defence Minister Peter Dutton. On Aug. 23, media outlets revealed that Defence Secretary Greg Moriarty and Chief of Defence General Angus Campbell…
DFAT Denies Memo Urging Them to Act ‘Inclusively’ in Australia Day Was Official
January 26, 2022
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The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has said that a memo sent to the staff prior to Australia Day encouraging them to act “inclusively” towards Indigenous Australians was not an official document and that it should not have been disseminated. It comes after the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) and other media outlets on…
DFAT Says Australia Day Inclusivity Memo Was Not ‘Official’
January 26, 2022
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The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has said that a memo sent to the staff prior to Australia Day encouraging them to act “inclusively” towards Indigenous Australians was not an official document and that it should not have been disseminated. It comes after the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) and other media outlets reported…
PM Defends Defence’s Delayed Exit From Chinese-Owned Data Centre
February 19, 2021
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended the Department of Defence’s exit from a Chinese-owned data centre. Defence made plans in 2017 to migrate all its data into a secure, government-owned facility by 2020, after the UK-based Global Switch owners sold a 49 percent stake to Chinese consortium Elegant Jubilee in Dec. 2016. However, the…
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