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Latest releases
All 283 releases from Defence, with filters-
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Combat Arms Earplugs purchase orders from 2005 to 2010 468/26/27 – Documents
This Defence FOI release (468/26/27, released 9 October 2026) contains procurement records for purchase orders of combat arms earplugs, stock item "PLUG, EAR", part number P/N 370-1000, supplied by NIOA Nominees Pty Limited. Document 1 is a three-line stock purchase order…
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Academy Excellence sheet music 285/26/27 – Documents
The released material, titled "Academy Excellence sheet music 285/26/27", consists of a single document labelled "Document 2" under Defence FOI reference 285/26/27. The extracted text contains only the repeated document identifier, with no body text, substantive content…
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DPM Communications between the office of Minister for Defence and representative of Thales Australia For access to the document please email foi@defence.gov.au
No summary: no document is available for this release
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Army March Sheet Music 0166/26/27 – Documents
This Defence FOI release (0166/26/27, internal review) consists of 23 documents comprising the sheet music parts for "The Australian Army March" (also titled "Waltzing Matilda / Brown Slouch Hat"), arranged by Arr Capt H Ward. The parts cover a full military band…
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Public Interest Disclosure processing documents 441/26/27 – Documents
This Defence release (FOI 441/26/27) comprises internal guidance and templates on Public Interest Disclosures under the PID Act 2013. Documents include a blank PID risk assessment template covering reprisal risk ratings, supervisor comment conditions and risk management actions…
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Defence Material Organisation Clothing Review Report into Clothing Management 0186/26/27 – Documents
The release, Defence FOI 0186/26/27, is titled "DMO Clothing Review Report into Clothing Management" but the extracted text contains no substantive content. It consists of roughly forty pages, each bearing only the FOI reference and the label "Internal Review Document." No…
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2026 Air Force Cadets National Conference expenditure 332/26/27 – Documents
This FOI release from the Department of Defence comprises an internal Cadets Branch (Air Force) email and a supplier tax invoice relating to the 2026 Air Force Cadets National Conference, held in Canberra on 22 and 23 August 2026. The invoice, issued against a deposit invoice…
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Long service leave policy and guidance 340/26/27 – Documents
This FOI release from the Department of Defence (FOI 340/26/27, Document 1) is an internal APS People Guidance document on Long Service Leave, dated 18 October 2021 (Version 3). It sets out how LSL accrues (three calendar months after ten years, then nine days per further year)…
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Activity planning related to Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023 1719/25/26 – Documents
This release comprises site visit reports, annexes and a noting brief relating to Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023 planning on Norfolk Island, covering reconnaissance from August 2022 onward. The reports assess the island's suitability for live fire HIMARS serials, airport seizure…
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Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Inquiry into Aspects of Culture 177/26/27 – Documents
This FOI release contains terms of reference for an Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force inquiry, "Aspects of Culture 177/26/27", issued under section 19 of the IGADF Regulation. The inquiry is directed to assess the culture of Special Forces units providing…
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Australian Army 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment – 2024 routine orders on gambling in service establishments 258/26/27 – Documents
This release is a single extract from 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment Routine Orders 01/24, a unit-level administrative order. The visible text is one numbered item, No 15 on gambling in service establishments, which cites MILPERSMAN Part 11, Chapter 5. It states that gambling in…
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Documents related to Defence Strategy for preventing and responding to Family and Domestic Violence 2023 – 2028 218/26/27 – Documents
This Defence FOI release (218/26/27) concerns the Defence Strategy for Preventing and Responding to Family and Domestic Violence 2023–2028 and comprises decision briefs, a ministerial minute, talking points, question briefs, committee papers, a Budget Estimates brief and…
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Australian Public Service Census results from Defence Legal Division from 2024 to 2026 304/26/27 – Documents
This FOI release from Defence comprises APS Employee Census highlights reports for the Defence Legal Division, covering the 2024, 2025 and 2026 surveys (Documents 1 to 12, across several Defence Legal sub-branches including General Counsel Defence Branch and Military Legal…
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Australian Air Force Cadets Conference 2026 presentation documents 343/26/27 – Documents
This release comprises conference presentation slides from the Australian Air Force Cadets (AAFC) conference held on 22 August 2026, covering the Defence Estate Audit (DEA), relocation of cadet units, Air Force Cadets Foundation sponsorship, budget performance, and a structural…
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Australian Defence Force Survive Evade Resist Escape Training documents 1903/25/26 – Documents
This FOI release comprises internal Defence documents relating to Combat Survive, Evade, Resist, Escape (SERE) training conducted by the Combat SERE Training School (CSTS) at RAAF Townsville. Material includes course administration instructions covering trainee conduct…
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Air Force Cadet International Exchange travel 112/26/27 – Documents
The release comprises email chains from May to July 2026 concerning the Air Force Cadets' International Air Exchange (IACE) outbound travel to Europe and the UK. Correspondence between the Cadets Branch, Staff Officer International Activities and the travel agent discusses the…
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Aviation safety management and reportable occurrences 104/26/27 – Documents
This Defence FOI release (104/26/27) comprises several aviation safety management documents. The first is Flying Order 04/19 AL4, issued by 453 Squadron at RAAF Base Williamtown in November 2019, setting an interim procedure for responding to unauthorised remotely piloted…
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Non-compliance register 2023–2026 192/26/27 – Documents
The release is a Defence non-compliance register covering 2023 to 2026, consisting of a single table of recorded breaches of procurement and financial governance requirements, mainly within the Factory Operations and Sustainment business line under the Manufacturing Session. The…
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Procurement of airsoft replicas and accessories 133/26/27 – Documents
This Defence FOI release (133/26/27) comprises procurement records for airsoft replicas and training accessories supplied by Thales Australia. It includes a 2022 ROMAN purchase order (RFQ22-026, 15 March to 30 September 2022) for lubricant, green gas, and biodegradable BB…
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Decision brief for Chief Defence Force from 2021 233/26/27 – Document
This Defence FOI release is a decision brief for the Chief of the Defence Force, dated 24 May 2021, from the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force (IGADF). It seeks CDF's direction for the IGADF to inquire into command oversight of matters raised in the IGADF…