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Tracking sea ice is ‘early warning system’ for global heating – but the US is halting data sharing

News comes as research finds record lows of Antarctic sea ice had seen more icebergs splintering off ice shelves

The Guardian - AU

Trump's aide congratulates new FBI Chief in bollywood-style

US President Donald Trump took a leaf out of Bollywood to congratulate Indian-origin Kash Patel after his confirmation as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Weekly Wash: the 5 biggest camera news stories of the week (Oct 27)

Canon shows off a 250MP camera and gives full-frame ISO to an APS-C body; Leica drops a platinum camera; Lomo launches the world's best instant camera; and DJI sues the US government

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DJI vs The Pentagon: Drone company takes on the US Department of Defence

DJI strikes back at the bans facing it by suing the US Defence Department

Digital Camera World

Hunter Defence Conference hears opposing views on national strategy

Kevin Rudd says Australian companies will benefit from AUKUS.

Newcastle Herald

Major Reshuffle in Union Bureaucracy: Nagaraju Maddirala will be DFS Secretary, Deepti Umashankar Secretary to the President of India, Rajesh Singh Defence Secretary, Katikithala Srinivas Secretary MoHUA, Punya Salila Srivastava Health, Amardeep Singh Bhatia Secretary DPII and Vivek Joshi appointed as Secretary DoPT

Narendra Modi Government on Friday approved a series of significant appointments in various departments including Nagaraju Maddirala as the new Secretary of Department of Financial Services (DFS).

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Huge reshuffle in Govt of India, Vivek Joshi appointed as Secretary, DoPT

Vivek Joshi has been appointed as Secretary, in The Department of Personnel and Training in Central Government. Read further on Dynamite News:

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National PFAS land use review to be launched in Williamtown

PFAS land buy-backs could be on the table amid contamination review.

Newcastle Herald

Call to close school due to pollution concern

Education department to install more synthetic turf to protect students.

Newcastle Herald

Defence helicopter pilot denies failure to alert authorities to Orroral Valley bushfire was due to fear of tarnishing military's reputation

One of the pilots from the Defence helicopter that started the devastating January 2020 Orroral Valley fire near Canberra tells a coronial inquest he was totally focused on getting his passengers to safety.

ABC News

Washington explosion heard as 'US Air National Guard' sonic boom leaves windows rattling

The City of Annapolis Office of Emergency Management said an authorised Department of Defence flight caused the sound.

Daily Record

Navy ship HMAS Launceston runs last border patrols ahead of June decommissioning

HMAS Launceston is being decommissioned on June 1, ending a run of navy vessels named after the Tasmanian city dating back to 1942.

ABC News

Saeed made it out of Kabul alive but thousands of Afghans are still waiting for refugee visas

Australians are begging the government to rescue their relatives from the Taliban as the processing of refugee applications grinds to a halt for thousands of at-risk Afghan asylum seekers.

ABC News

Retired US admirals charging Australian taxpayers thousands of dollars per day as defence consultants

A cavalcade of retired senior American military officers have landed high-paying advisory contracts with Australia's Department of Defence, with one former admiral paid $US5,000 a day for his expertise.

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Walsh just another brick in Broncos wall: Walters

Brisbane coach Kevin Walters has turned the Broncos into his own 'Department of Defence' ahead of the home Queensland derby clash with North Queensland.

ABC News

Federal government apologises to Jervis Bay community for PFAS contamination

Assistant Defence Minister Matt Thistlethwaite apologises for the way PFAS has impacted upon the lives of Jervis Bay residents and promises an independent review of land around contaminated defence bases will be undertaken this year.

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s defence force faces once in a generation shake-up – but to what purpose?

Key strategists say military needs to focus on maritime and long-range strike capabilities to defend Australia’s interests across a wider region

The Guardian - AU

Labor overruled Defence advice not to publicise problems with Pacific patrol boats, documents show

Exclusive: Government was warned that publicising issues could harm regional relationships or be exploited by criminals or bad actors

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Newcastle Herald

RAAF gives green light to wind turbines

The Department of Defence has given the green light to the proposed Hunter offshore project after initially raising concerns about its potential to impact on RAAF Williamtown operations.

The Conversation

Two major announcements about Australia's defence force are imminent. Here's what to expect

The United States’ shooting down of a Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina over the weekend points to international security affairs being on a knife edge.

Dynamite News

NSA Doval, US Deputy Defence Secy Hicks Discuss Priorities For US-India Bilateral Partnership

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval held a meeting with US Deputy Secretary of Defence Kathleen Hicks and discussed priorities for the US-India bilateral defence partnership. Read further on Dynamite News:

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How prisons, drug smugglers and the war in Ukraine made Australia's DroneShield a global success

The Australian company DroneShield is riding a global wave of demand for anti-drone guns, caused partly by the high-profile use of drones in the war in Ukraine.

Daily Mirror

'UFOs are real!' Former Department of Defence official makes astonishing revelation

Luis Eiizondo worked on the US military's aerospace threat program and spoke out during a public event, saying that he believed UFOs are real and sightings are genuine

The Independent UK

Bertie Ahern called for end of rubber bullets in Ireland ‘to pressure British’

The revelation emerged in communiques between the then taoiseach and the Department of Defence in 1997.

Irish Mirror

Air Corps set to get new multi-million euro transport plane to fly soldiers around the world for peace missions

Sources have told us that the plane will cost at least €30 million – and will be a major boost to the Air Corps.

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