Australia will send 600 troops - including special forces - and 10 military aircraft to the Middle East to bolster international efforts to fight the "death cult" of Islamic State.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the commitment comes after a formal request from US President Barack Obama for partners in the global coalition against IS.
Mr Abbott said Australia's contribution would include 400 air force personnel and a further 200 military troops.
A contingent of special forces operatives is among those being prepared to assist Iraq's security forces, a statement from Mr Abbott's office confirmed.
Mr Kerry speaks at a press conference in Cairo on Saturday The contingent could be deployed to the United Arab Emirates as early as this week.
"For some time now the Australian government has been considering how best to respond to the ISIL (Islamic State) movement at home and abroad," Mr Abbott told reporters in Darwin.
"I can advise that we have, within about the last 24 hours, received a specific request from the United States government to contribute forces to possible military action in Iraq.
"The government has decided to prepare and to deploy to the United Arab Emirates a military force, a military force that could, subject to further decisions, contribute to military operations inside Iraq."
It comes as the international community condemned the murder of British aid worker David Haines, who was beheaded by IS militants.
British aid worker David Haines has been murdered by IS extremists The United States has been seeking to establish a global coalition to fight IS extremists in Iraq and Syria.
On Monday, an international conference will be held in Paris to address the ongoing crisis in Iraq and the threat from the Islamist group.
US Secretary of State John Kerry met Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al Sisi on Saturday as he continued to press the case for striking IS.
The Egyptian president told Mr Kerry that any global coalition should not just battle IS, but also other take on other terror groups.
On Friday Mr Kerry also held a two-hour meeting with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Mr Kerry met Arab foreign ministers in Jeddah last week Speaking in Ankara, Mr Kerry spoke of a "broad-based coalition with Arab nations, European nations, the United States and others".
Key Arab allies last week promised to "do their share" to fight IS, including stopping the flow of fighters and funding to the militants.
Some 40 countries have so far agreed to contribute to what Mr Kerry says will be a worldwide effort to defeat the militants.
The US has already carried out more than 150 airstrikes in Iraq since early August, including a strike on Friday near the country's largest dam.
The CIA estimates Islamic State has as many as 31,500 fighters in Syria and Iraq.
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