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Assistant Minister for Defence - Defence Science Partnership wins Best Engagement Strategy Award

Assistant Minister for Defence the Hon Stuart Robert MP today congratulated the Defence Science and Technology Group and the Department of Defence on winning the Best Creative Engagement Strategy Award from Knowledge Commercialisation Australasia. “This award is well-deserved recognition of the…

Assistant Minister for Defence - Transcript - Interview with David Speers Sky News

Speers: Let’s return to what’s happening here in Canberra. Alongside all the to and fro on the leadership this week, there’s been some pretty serious developments in terms of our operation to degrade and defeat Islamic State or Daesh. We have had confirmation today of Australia’s first bombing…

Assistant Minister for Defence - 68th anniversary of Australian involvement in global peacekeeping

Assistant Minister for Defence, Stuart Robert, on behalf of the Prime Minister, today attended the Australian Peacekeepers Commemorative Service at the Australian Peacekeeping Memorial site on Anzac Parade in Canberra. Mr Robert, a veteran peacekeeper who deployed to Bougainville in 1998 as a…

Assistant Minister for Defence - Unknown World War Two soldier laid to rest in Indonesia

Assistant Minister for Defence, Stuart Robert, has led tributes for an Australian soldier, who has been farewelled in Indonesia more than 70 years after giving his life in World War Two. The remains of the unknown soldier were buried with military honours in an Australian Army ceremony at the…

Assistant Minister for Defence - Prestigious engineering award for Chief Defence Scientist

Assistant Minister for Defence, Stuart Robert, today congratulated Chief Defence Scientist, Dr Alex Zelinsky, on receiving the prestigious 2015 M A Sargent Medal from Engineers Australia. Dr Zelinsky received the award in Sydney last night for his significant contributions to engineering, including…

Assistant Minister for Defence - Secure military communications system wins Eureka Prize

A mobile communications system that allows users to connect easily and securely to classified networks from anywhere in the world has taken out the 2015 Eureka Prize for Outstanding Science in Safeguarding Australia. The ‘Secure Communications System’, developed by Canberra-based Northrop Grumman…

Assistant Minister for Defence - Landmark reforms to ADF conditions of service

Today the Senate passed legislation that will establish a new superannuation scheme for members of the Australian Defence Force. The new military superannuation scheme, to be known as ADF Super, fixes one of the longest running grievances of the veteran and ex-service community, namely the lack of…

Assistant Minister for Defence - Defence Families of Australia Conference opens in Canberra

The annual Defence Families of Australia (DFA) conference kicked off in Canberra this week with delegates discussing all matter of issues central to the welfare of Defence families. Attending the annual conference last night the Assistant Minister for Defence, Stuart Robert, addressed delegates and…

Assistant Minister for Defence - Major milestone for Defence International Training Centre

The Defence International Training Centre (DITC) in Laverton, Victoria today marked a major milestone – the graduation of its 10,000th student. Assistant Minister for Defence, Stuart Robert, said DITC has been a pillar of Defence’s international engagement for 30 years, providing training for…

Assistant Minister for Defence - A fond farewell to HMAS Tobruk

The Governor-General, His Excellency General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove, AK, MC (Retd), together with the Assistant Minister for Defence Stuart Robert, MP, and Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Tim Barrett, AO, CSC, RAN, today attended the decommissioning of HMAS Tobruk to bid the ship a fond…

Assistant Minister for Defence - Australia strengthens defence science cooperation with Singapore

 Australia and Singapore today signed a ten-year Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in defence science and technology. This is the first new defence cooperation agreement between the Australian and Singaporean Defence Organisations, as agreed in the Joint Declaration on a…

Assistant Minister for Defence - Visit to Puckapunyal Military Area

The Assistant Minister for Defence, Stuart Robert, today met with Army personnel at the Army School of Transport and the Combined Arms Training Centre during a visit to the Puckapunyal Military Area in Victoria. During his visit Mr Robert received briefings from senior personnel and met ADF Gap…