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Sam Mostyn is sworn in as the 28th Governor-General of Australia.
2024-07-1

Australia announces the creation of the Defence Space command, saying it is designed to counter Russia and Mainland China's ambitions in outer space. The new agency's servicemembers will come from the army, navy, air force, and will also include private contractors.
2022-03-22

David Hurley is sworn is as the 27th Governor-General of Australia, succeeding Peter Cosgrove.
2019-07-1

A rogue member of the Afghan National Army opens fire on Australian Army soldiers in Kandahar Province killing four, including an Afghan interpreter.
2011-10-29

Lieutenant General David Hurley of the Australian Army is announced as the successor to Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston as the Chief of the Australian Defence Force.
2011-06-1

The Governor-General of Australia swears in Julia Gillard as Prime Minister of Australia and her Ministry.
2010-09-14

The Australian Army is called in to assist with flood relief in the state of Victoria.
2010-09-5

An Australian Special Air Service Regiment soldier Jason Brown, is killed in fighting the Taliban in northern Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.
2010-08-13

The Fromelles Military Cemetery is opened in Fromelles in northern France containing the graves of 250 Australian and British soldiers who died in the Battle of Fromelles in World War I and had previously been buried in a mass grave.
2010-07-19

Three Australian soldiers and a United States Army soldier are killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan with nine NATO casualties overall.
2010-06-21