Just wanted to post a few things I've looked up RE: CF & Australia

A few major contracts awarded to the CF I found:

CN60579 - 13/02/2008 - $5,257,378.50

CN119937 - 12/09/2008 - $4,323,000.00

CN310696 - 15/07/2010 - $15,127,586.10

Dates provided are the contract's Publish Date.

This money was provided by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade / AUSAID. You can verify at tenders. gov.au

During this period the labor government was in power in Australia. Kevin Rudd was our prime minister from Dec 2007 - June 2010, then replaced by his deputy, Julia Gillard, June 2010 - June 2013. Then KR was again the prime minister from June 2013 - Sept 2013.

The foreign affairs minister during this time was Stephen Smith. He was the minister of foreign affairs from December 2007 to September 2010.

This obviously isn't everything, and I'm going to search for more from other periods under different leadership. Tony Abbott (Liberal party leader, in charge from Sept 2013 - Sept 2015) loved to suck royalty's cock, so if the UK is involved then I may find something there.

In 2009 Australia declared a new wave of defense spending, titled Force 2030.

Will keep digging.