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In Malaysia, the fate of a peat forest hinges on a powerful state official by Fatima Qureshi on 5 April 2021 The government of Malaysia’s Selangor state appears intent on rescinding protected status for the remnants of a once-sprawling peat forest that’s home to Indigenous people and threatened wildlife. It wants to allow a “mixed development project” on 931 hectares (2,300 acres) of the Kuala Langat North Forest Reserve (KLNFR), which has drawn widespread opposition from Indigenous pe...

Hypersonic and directed-energy weapons: Who has them, and who’s winning the race in the Asia-Pacific? Mike Yeo, Nigel Pittaway, Usman Ansari, Vivek Raghuvanshi and Chris Martin March 15 Photo credit: Imaginima/Getty Images MELBOURNE, Australia, ISLAMABAD, NEW DELHI, and WASHINGTON — A number of countries in the Asia-Pacific region are caught up in the global hypersonic and directed-energy weapons race, with these regional powers having either developed or publicly stated intentions to dev...

Date Time Help form Spotswood and South Kingsville’s future Spotswood and South Kingsville are modern urban suburbs that are loved for their sense of community, parks and ovals, geographic location and their retail, café, and restaurant options. This is according to the 3,300 responses and 850 ideas gathered from locals during the Spotswood and South Kingsville Better Places project that helped form the draft vision summary. The draft vision is broken down into four key themes: remembering o...

The recently concluded merger of Nucleus Cyber and a significant Australia Defence contract win, combined with additional archTIS Kojensi sales have...

Department of Defence Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price has stressed the ongoing importance of defence industrial base cooperation between Australia and the United Kingdom during key talks with her UK counterpart. Minister Price spoke with UK Minister for Defence Procurement Jeremy Quin MP last night and said the discussion reinforced the depth of the relationship between the two countries when it came to defence matters. “Australia’s 2020 Defence Strategic Update and Force Struct...

Australian army plans new amphibious landing craft for fleet By (0) A Royal Australian Army LARC-V, which officials said Tuesday they plan to upgrade, lands with soldiers of 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment in 2015. Photo by Mark Doran/Australian Department of Defense Feb. 16 (UPI) -- The Australian army announced plans Tuesday to phase out its littoral fleet in favor of a new line of amphibious landing craft. While the services Lighter, Amphibious, Resupply, Cargo vehicle, or LARC-V,...

Australia Announces Multi-Million Dollar Investment to Boost Defence Capabilities December 31, 2020 Updated: December 31, 2020 The Australian federal government has announced two significant investments to boost the Australian Defence Force (ADF)’s capabilities in the lead-up to 2021: the expansion of its air force’s Poseidon aircraft fleet and an upgrade of the navy’s Collins-class submarine fleet. On Dec. 30, Defence minister Linda Reynolds released the plan to acquire t...

Premium Content Forget Christmas in July - this Christmas were rewinding back to July. And what a month it was, from businesses still experiencing pandemic woes, Whitsundays being earmarked for military bases and space stations and fresh Keswick Island disputes. Heres the top headlines in Mackay in July 2020. Mackay War Memorial Pool Community Action Group committee members (from left): Jane Conlon, Carol Single, Sue Willett and Graham Townsend with VC recipient Keith Payne (centre) at the ...

More Than 1,000 Australians Ready for Naval Shipbuilding Careers More than 1,000 Australians are ready to join the naval workforce as shipbuilders after the Naval Shipbuilding College (NSC) reached a major milestone in preparing them for their careers. Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price said the achievement demonstrated how the Morrison government has been working to deliver a generation of jobs in the sector. The college was established by the federal government in 2018 out of the 201...

Will Canberra continue to explore the bottom line of China-Australia relations? By Tian Jingling Source: Global Times Published: 2020/12/16 16:38:40 Illustration: Liu Rui/GT Recent scandals involving Australian soldiers killing Afghan civilians and its diplomatic fallout have been a hot topic all over the world. But this has not stopped Australias security services from carrying out more plotting and operations.  In a discussion about "Australias defense agenda in a contested Indo-Pacific" ...