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DEF
Defence
Released
563/23/24
24 pages
PDF
This FOI release contains a contract for the purchase of Glenprairie Station by the Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Defence) from Peter Robert Camm, dated 22 December 2016. The document is a standard property sale agreement handled by legal firm Russells, establishing…
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DEF
Defence
Released
134/24/25
9 pages
PDF
This FOI release contains Defence Instructions (Army) from November 2014 establishing the administrative framework for the Soldier's Medallion for Exemplary Service (SMES), an Army award recognizing outstanding service by soldiers of Corporal rank and below. The instruction…
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DEF
Defence
Released
1011/23/24
14 pages
PDF
This Senate Estimates brief from February 2024 outlines Defence's position on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP). Air Marshal Robert Chipman and Professor Tanya Monro were designated to address the topic. Defence stated it has no specific UAP reporting policy, instead…
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DEF
Defence
Released
956/23/24
1 page
PDF
This FOI release contains an April 2013 email from Defence's Biometric and Exploitation Operations Cell (TF66) requesting informal training on fingerprint collection techniques for staff. The email seeks a subject matter expert to conduct a Friday afternoon session covering…
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DEF
Defence
Released
1009/23/24
29 pages
PDF
This Senate Estimates brief prepared for the Chief of Air Force and Chief Defence Scientist addresses Defence's position on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP). Defence maintains there is no specific policy for recording or investigating UAP, relying instead on existing…
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DEF
Defence
Released
961/23/24
1 page
PDF
Defence released a procurement record showing consulting expenditure for project 961/23/24 totalling approximately $8.09 million. The primary costs were professional services contracts: KPMG received $5.03 million for project management and commercial advice services through…
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DEF
Defence
Released
0020/23/24
6 pages
PDF
This Defence Health Manual document establishes medical suitability standards for Australian Defence Force entry focusing on musculoskeletal (MSK) health requirements. The policy outlines Class 1 standards requiring full range of movement, no pain, symptoms, instability or…
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DEF
Defence
Released
0107/24/25
8 pages
PDF
This Defence FOI release concerns the identity of Army Aviation Command (AVNCOMD). It contains a slide-style presentation titled "Army Aviation Identity", explaining the colour symbolism of the unit's insignia and the red kangaroo emblem, with historical references including the…
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DEF
Defence
Released
979/23/24
51 pages
PDF
This Defence FOI release (979/23/24, released 27 August 2024) contains three operational planning packs for F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft. Document 1 is a brief for a fly-past at the Government House open day in Paddington, Brisbane, for the King's Coronation on 6 May 2023…
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DEF
Defence
Released
0084/24/25
12 pages
PDF
This FOI release comprises three Defence Security Principles Framework documents on protected identities: Control 42.1 (version 1, with version 2 updates in 2020), its Annex A on the process for granting honours and awards (version 2, July 2020), and an earlier Defence Security…
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DEF
Defence
Released
996/23/24
122 pages
PDF
This Defence FOI release (996/23/24) comprises several documents concerning family and domestic violence (FDV). The principal document is the July 2021 third edition of "A Commanders and Managers Guide to Responding to Family and Domestic Violence", covering recognising…
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DEF
Defence
Released
078/24/25
28 pages
PDF
This Defence FOI release (0078/24/25, released 23 August 2024) is a tabular register of Australian Defence Force findings and punishments from Defence Force Discipline Act (DFDA) trials, primarily general and restricted court martial and defence force magistrate proceedings held…
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DEF
Defence
Released
918/23/24
89 pages
PDF
This Defence FOI release (918/23/24) concerns a Comcare-referred request about whether RAAF training flights were operated outside safe hours at RAAF Pearce during 2017. The documents include a task brief listing ten questions, extracts from the Defence Aviation Safety Manual…
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DEF
Defence
Released
043/24/25
34 pages
PDF
This FOI release contains a memorandum of understanding between the Department of Defence, acting through the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO), and the Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA). It supports Australia's membership of the Medical Countermeasures…
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DEF
Defence
Released
908/23/24
40 pages
PDF
This Defence FOI release (908/23/24) comprises emails and attachments from July to November 2023 concerning unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP). It includes internal media summaries and clippings, and an email chain about SB23-000235, a draft brief for the October 2023 Senate…
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DEF
Defence
Released
0040/24/25
4 pages
PDF
This Defence FOI release (0040/24/25, dated 6 August 2024) comprises extracts from the Defence Health Manual Volume 2 Part 5, setting out minimum colour perception and minimum visual requirements standards for ADF personnel. It includes Appendix 5B1, a table of standards for…
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DEF
Defence
Released
984/23/24
1 page
PDF
This FOI release is a list of two Ministerial Submissions from the Department of Defence to the Minister for Defence concerning PsiQuantum, covering the period from 1 June 2022 to the date of the request. The submissions are MS23-000638, titled "Defence Advice to DISR on…
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DEF
Defence
Released
998/23/24
28 pages
PDF
This release is Document 16 from Defence FOI 998/23/24: a report of the Defence Honours and Awards Tribunal, transmitted to the Parliamentary Secretary for Defence in November 2010, on recognition of service with the Commonwealth Monitoring Force in Rhodesia, December 1979 to…
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DEF
Defence
Released
832/23/24
147 pages
PDF
This Defence FOI release (832/23/24) comprises internal emails, ministerial advice drafts, talking points, a draft media release and DLM-marked comments from September to October 2015, concerning the Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal's Inquiry into the refusal to issue…
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DEF
Defence
Released
926/23/24
88 pages
PDF
This FOI release comprises a contract between the Department of Defence and the University of Adelaide (contract no. 15304/MLC/2020) for Australian Defence Force Legal Education Services (ADF-LES), covering the Legal Training Program Module 3 (LTM3). The documents include the…