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By now the RV Southern Surveyor would pass through the Drake Passage and out into the open Pacific Ocean. It was a rough journey, but nothing the crew hadn't experienced before with the wild Southern Ocean. It was unsure if the Swedish Royal Navy was continuing to track them past this point as...

https://i.postimg.cc/ncLPknHH/44122a9a-8cb2-4586-a2d0-06ca5ed4abf3.png Date: 15 February 2009 - 18 February 2009 Location: Perth, Western Australia Attendees: Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Kevin Rudd Australian Minister for Defence, John Faulkner United Kingdom Secretary of...

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"Minister, it took some time but I can now present to you the drafted Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement. You can see why it took some time... This would be the most comprehensive and liberalising free trade agreement in existence until we sign an even bigger one with the United Kingdom...

Once the ship had reached as far south as 58 degrees, at around 24 degrees east longitude, which placed it roughly 1,400km southwest of Marion Island, the captain would bank the vessel starboard and turn it to face due west or 270 degrees. This would take it directly across to the Magellan...

The captain would pick up the radio again, he would try to make himself clear over the hum of the helicopter's rotor blades. "Swedish warship Mohlesi, this is Southern Surveyor. We moving towards fifty-eight degrees south. From there we will be shifting course to 270 degrees heading on a due...

The captain would pick up the radio again, maintaining his calm demeanour in order to not inflame the siuation. "Swedish warship Mohlesi, Southern Surveyor acknowledging. I understand your instructions. Further clarification is needed on what is the extent of the Swedish Antarctic controlled...

The captain would pick up the radio again. "Swedish warship Mohlesi, present position is 500 nautical miles southwest of Marion Island. Course is 230 degrees. Speed is 11 knots. We are unaware of the controlled sector as defined under the Resolution on Antarctic. Would that be 60 degrees south...

The last radio message was seen as strange, this was not something that had been publicly made available prior and was unfair for the Swedish Navy to spring on unknowing civilian vessels. The captain was getting anxious that the Swedish Navy was beginning to overstep the boundaries set by...

The captain of the vessel would receive the radio transmission in the bridge. The captain would look at his other crewmembers on the bridge as they were surprised that a Swedish warship still managed to find them in the vast openness of the Southern Ocean. The RV Southern Surveyor didn't have a...

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<table class="fc_block_upgrade"><tr><td>Product Type</td><td>Vehicle Production</td></tr><tr><td>Country</td><td>Australia</td></tr><tr><td>Recipient</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Product Name</td><td>Boeing P-8A Poseidon</td></tr><tr><td>Product Quantity</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>Unit...

https://i.postimg.cc/RC8LwszW/yc8Dm2B.png MINISTER FOR DEFENCE MATERIAL AND SCIENCE SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: TOP SECRET 3 August 2008 Dear Ambassador Wolfe, Due to the unlikelihood of a sale being made to any three of those countries for the AP-3C Orion, we have made the decision to...

CHANGE IN TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR IRAQ 4 January 2009 The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, through its Smartraveller service, has today changed its travel advice for certain areas of the Republic of Iraq from yellow advice "Exercise a high degree of caution" to red advice "Do not...

https://i.postimg.cc/ydR6rCB8/Screenshot-2024-03-08-232840-removebg-preview.png ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT TASK FORCE - AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY 4 January 2009 The Joint Task Force-Australian Capital Territory (JTF-ACT), is a new joint task force established under the Headquarters Joint...