All posts tagged "defence"

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  Canada to hit defence spending target ‘half a decade ahead of schedule’, PM says

  Canada has set out plans to increase defence spending quicker than expected, with prime minister Mark Carney outlining plans to upgrade what he called the country’s aged military equipment and

  • Posted June 12, 2025
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  UK government defence review pledges to ‘accelerate innovation to a wartime pace’

  The UK will move its armed forces onto a warfighting readiness and accelerate innovation as the government sets out plans to boost national security. Setting out a Strategic Defence Review

  • Posted June 2, 2025
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  UK prime minister pledges ‘defence dividend’ from highest spend since Cold War 

  Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer said the UK government will cultivate what he called a nationwide “defence dividend” that will boost job creation and opportunity as a result of the country’s

  • Posted May 21, 2025
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  Estonia exceeds Trump’s defence spending target with 5.4% GDP pledge

  The Estonian government has approved a defence investment programme that is expected to raise its annual defence budget to an average of 5.4% of GDP from 2026 to 2029. The

  • Posted May 1, 2025
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  UK government readies launch of defence innovation unit after 2.5% spending pledge

  The UK government is to launch a new defence innovation unit that is expected to foster the development of cutting-edge military technology. The chancellor Rachel Reeves said that the UK

  • Posted March 17, 2025
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  Finding new ways to fund climate action and defence | Australian government to charge departments for outsourcing: news in brief 

  Global Government Forum’s weekly news roundup of public service intelligence  Nations around the world are dealing with tight public finances, and this week’s GGF roundup highlights how governments are looking

  • Posted May 9, 2024
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  Biden picks first woman to lead the US Navy

  President Joe Biden has nominated admiral Lisa Franchetti to lead the US Navy. If confirmed, she would be the first woman service chief in the Pentagon and the first female

  • Posted July 25, 2023
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  Australia’s defence department sets 50% recruitment target for women in STEM

  Australia’s Department of Defence is working towards doubling the number of women hired through science, technology, engineering and mathematics recruitment programmes. The 50% target announced last week will apply to

  • Posted June 14, 2023
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  Agencies ‘don’t have the tools’ to head off ChatGPT threat to national security, warns Pentagon’s AI chief

  The US Department of Defense’s chief digital and AI officer Craig Martell said he is “scared to death” of the potential for generative artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT to deceive

  • Posted May 11, 2023
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  Services Australia exposed in robodebt deal controversy; UK education department scolded for data protection law breach: policy & delivery news in brief

  Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. Services Australia gave US$3.6m in additional work to prosecuted robodebt collector It has been

  • Posted November 10, 2022
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