00:00And today we're pleased to recommend to very excellently the Governor-General a number of
00:06senior demand changes within the Australian Defence Force. The Chief of the Navy, Vice Admiral Mark
00:12Hammond, AO, RAM, will be appointed as Chief of the Defence Force. Vice Admiral Hammond has had a
00:20distinguished career spanning 40 years in the Royal Australian Navy, serving in crickets and
00:28extensively in and later commanding submarines and the Australian group.
00:34Pointed the Chief of the Navy in 2020, Vice Admiral Hammond will continue to bring valuable
00:41insight to the role of Chief of the Defence Force, including of course to Australia's acquisition of
00:48conventionally armed nuclear powered submarine crew AUKUS and the delivery of the Navy's future
00:56subsurface combatant fleet. Our government extends our deepest gratitude in thanks to the Chief of
01:04the Defence Force, Admiral David Johnson, ACRAF. Admiral Johnson will retire with the commanding,
01:11commanding with the changing command in July.
01:14the next day of the series that we need to report on.
01:15Take care.
01:15we're going to be the next all time.
01:16We're going to take care of our Red Bulls.
01:17Now let's get started.
01:17A lot of people should be looking for the right-hand initiative of the operational
01:19deployments.
01:19If you can help us, we're going to step back to the front,
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