The government has yet to show it is taking the findings of the bushfire royal commission seriously, 33 ex-fire and emergency service chiefs have said. The Emergency Leaders for Climate Action (ELCA) group has also argued authorities seem to have rejected the report’s core recommendation to create a larger national firefighting fleet to be shared

The RAAF will deploy an E-7A Wedgetail, KC-30A MTT and 170 personnel to participate in Exercise Cope North 21 in Guam.

Airbus has agreed an MRO deal to support the New Zealand Defence Force’s P3 Orions, C130 Hercules and SH-2 Seasprites.

Flights between New Zealand and Hobart could resume next month for the first time in a generation despite a recent outbreak of COVID cases.