My favourite part of my job is seeing #yourADF do what they do best! This week, #TalismanSabre25 kicked off with a ceremony on HMAS Adelaide and a firepower demo. TS25 displays our shared commitment to Indo-Pacific security and the strength of our regional partnerships. 💪

Captain Danniel Lyon, Lieutenant Maxwell Nugent, Warrant Officer Class 2 Joseph ‘Phillip’ Laycock, & Corporal Alexander Naggs from the 6th Aviation Regiment were tragically killed in the accident. We pay tribute to their commitment and sacrifice. They are dearly missed. [2/3]

A pleasure to welcome Malaysia’s CDF, General Tan Sri Hj Mohd Nizam bin Hj Jaffar to Canberra. #YourADF and Malaysian Armed Forces share an enduring, longstanding defence partnership built on our ongoing commitment to regional peace and security. 🇦🇺🤝🇲🇾

My leadership team & I are fully focused on action, so we can deliver the recommendations & make our workplace safer, more supportive & more respectful. I extend my enduring appreciation & respect to everyone who bravely & selflessly shared their experiences with the Commission.

A great way to close out the week by attending the #AusNavy ‘Emerging Leaders Forum’, the ‘WO Forum’, as well as, visiting #YourADF personnel posted to HMAS Cerberus. Speaking directly with the workforce & messaging concerns back to Admiral David Johnston is a key part of my role. ⚓️🇦🇺

Allies in action! Australia & Papua New Guinea have signed a defence treaty. The treaty will make our defence forces more collaborative, integrated, & ready to stand side-by-side to face today’s challenge in the Pacific together.

Great to welcome Singapore’s Prime Minister, Lawrence Wong to Australia this morning. Shared interests and a shared commitment to regional security underpin Australia & Singapore’s deep, longstanding defence-to-defence partnership. 🇦🇺 🇸🇬

I represented Admiral David Johnston at the inaugural Australia-India Defence Ministers’ Dialogue on 9 Oct. In the margins my colleague AIRMSHL Ashutosh Dixit and I signed the Terms of Reference for Joint Staff Talks.

BREAKING 🚨 It’s Official: Just ONE DAY after he challenged Pam Bondi to arrest him, William Kelly is in handcuffs getting PERP WALKED WE WILL PROTECT CHURCHES AT ALL COSTS CHRIST IS KING 🙏

Taking a moment today to commemorate the Bombing of Darwin. Eighty-four years ago today, 2 Japanese air raids on Darwin killed over 230 people & wounded a further 300 to 400, as well as destroying or damaging vast amounts of critical local infrastructure & military assets.

A warm welcome to Australian Defence Force Academy 374 first-year Trainee Officers who marched in our annual CDF Parade yesterday ⚔️ #yourADF has a long & proud history &I have faith in them as future leaders & stewards of the ADF to continue to build the legacy of this proud, historic institution.

Four years today since the start of Russia’s illegal & immoral invasion of Ukraine. My thoughts are with the Ukrainian people who continue to suffer profound loss and hardship. #yourADF continues to stand with Ukraine & our NATO partners in support of Ukraine’s self-defence.

Our people are proud to be the largest non-NATO contributor of military assistance to Ukraine. The Coalition of the Willing and #yourADF ongoing contribution to train Ukrainian military personnel will continue to provide avenues for us to support Ukraine & our NATO partners.

A great Navy day on Saturday attending the Exercise Kakadu Fleet Review in Sydney, a long-standing naval tradition of reviewing an assembled fleet. Thirty-one ships, 19 nations, the largest gathering of foreign warships in Sydney Harbour in more than a decade.

Raise your hand if you think John Thune should be removed when he gets back from vacation

Do you believe that the Democratic Party is the biggest threat to America today?

You each bring incredible expertise, experience and insight, and I am proud to have worked alongside you during my career. I will retire from the ADF at the end of my tenure as CDF in July of this year.

My heartfelt congratulations to the #YourADF that were recommended for command appointments this morning: ✅ VADM Mark Hammond AO RAN as Chief of the Defence Force ✅ RADM Matt Buckley AM CSC RAN as Chief of Navy ✅ LTGENl Susan Coyle AM CSC DSM as Chief of Army.

You each bring incredible expertise, experience and insight, and I am proud to have worked alongside you during my career. I will retire from the ADF at the end of my tenure as CDF in July of this year.