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ADF defends floods response after Lismore residents organise helicopters for supply drops

‘I think we have done all that we can within the conditions we have been faced with,’ major general David Thomae says

The Guardian - AU

Locals take charge of NSW floods helicopter food and rescue efforts amid frustration with ADF

Volunteers are spending hours flying over submerged power lines and the stench of decaying cattle, delivering urgent aid to their towns

The Guardian - AU

PM says further assistance coming as ‘rain bomb’ set to cost Queensland billions – as it happened

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Further federal flood assistance planned

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said another round of financial assistance would be provided to flood-affected communities in NSW and Queensland.

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Flooded communities relying on each other for road repairs, food, fuel

Frustrated residents are patching roads themselves and hiking across flooded causeways with fuel and food for stranded neighbours as the ADF airlifts people out.

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Fifth death reported in NSW; ‘it’s climate change,’ Palaszczuk says as Qld death toll rises to 10 – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Incredible moment ADF saves three people from NSW floods in helicopter filmed

Three people are winched to safety off the roof of a property as floodwaters surge around them in a precarious operation that took 40 terrifying minutes today.

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PM pledges further ADF support for floods

Additional ADF personnel are being mobilised to assist in areas expected to receive heavy rainfall in the coming days, the prime minister has announced.

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Death toll rises to 10 as bodies found in Lismore and Glen Esk – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Australian Defence Force deployed to Parkes aged care centre following COVID outbreak

Ten members of the Australian Defence Force have deployed to assist an aged care centre in the NSW Central West after it reported more than a dozen COVID-19 cases.

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Laser incident involving Chinese warship most serious in growing trend, ADF says

Scott Morrison says countries deserve explanation over ‘dangerous’ use of laser while Beijing tells Australia to ‘stop maliciously spreading disinformation’

The Guardian - AU

Perrottet urged to work with union over NSW train dispute – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Prime Minister Scott Morrison accuses Chinese warship of 'reckless and irresponsible' act after laser was shone at RAAF aircraft

Defence says on Thursday, an RAAF P-8A Poseidon with up to 109 personnel on board detected a laser illuminating the aircraft while in flight.

ABC News

Saudi Arabia Launches Portal for Registering Agricultural Investments Abroad

The Saudi Ministry of Environment, Water, and Agriculture (MEWA) launched the Registration of Agricultural Investments Abroad portal to assess the capabilities to develop agricultural and animal sector activities. Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Abdul Rahman al-Fadley inaugurated the portal in the presence of the Governor of the Saudi Grains…

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COVID updates: All the coronavirus news from around Australia in one place

Catch up on today's coronavirus news from across Australia.

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'Zero suicides' possible, ADF inquiry told

'Perfection is possible' when it comes to preventing suicides, a medical expert has told a royal commission probing defence and veteran suicide.

AAP

Gay soldier 'humiliated, degraded' in ADF

A gay ADF veteran has told a royal commission probing defence and veteran suicide that she was "treated like a criminal" in the military, over her sexuality.

Birmingham Post

Business booming for TV and film trailer venture Facilities by ADF

The Bridgend firm has a full order book for 2022 will 2023 already looking strong

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‘Anything to stop the massacres’: peace still eludes DRC as armed groups proliferate

After years of conflict between the DR Congo’s ineffective army, rebel forces and local militias, can Uganda’s entry into the war bring peace?

ABC News

Mishandling of COVID-19 outbreak at Jeta Gardens exposes 'cracks in the wall' at Queensland's troubled aged care facility

Jeta Gardens aged care resident Chan Kai Let only received her first COVID-19 shot the day Queensland's borders reopened — months after her family was wrongly told she had been vaccinated.

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Defence force to help aged care sector

Members of the Australian Defence Force will be deployed to help assist aged care facilities as they deal with COVID-19 surges.

ABC News

Australian Defence Force to be sent into aged care facilities to ease staffing pressures

As the aged care sector battles a deadly Omicron wave and severe staff shortages, the government says it will send up to 1,7000 Defence Force personnel to help.

The Guardian - AU

ADF to support aged care sector as 46 Covid deaths nationally – as it happened

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PM shuts down Peter Dutton after defence minister flags sending troops into nursing homes

Scott Morrison says ‘defence forces are not a shadow workforce for the aged care sector’ after minister announces troops could be used ‘if required’

Reuters

Islamist militia frees about 20 prisoners in eastern Congo

Members of an Islamist militia freed about 20 prisoners during an attack in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province, a local chief and the head of a local humanitarian group said on Wednesday.

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