Department of Defence (Australia)

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Department of Defence
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Department overview
Formed 14 April 1942 (1942-04-14)[1]
Preceding agencies
Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters Canberra
Employees 65,647
Annual budget A$32.4 billion (2016/2017)[2]
Ministers responsible
Department executive
Parent Department Australian Defence Organisation (ADO)
Child agencies
Website www.defence.gov.au
Footnotes
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The Australian Department of Defence is a department of the Government of Australia charged with the responsibility to defend Australia and its national interests. The department forms part of the Australian Defence Organisation (ADO) along with the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The department is accountable to the Commonwealth Parliament, on behalf of the Australian people, for the efficiency and effectiveness with which it carries out the Government's defence policy.

The head of the department is the Secretary of the Department of Defence (SECDEF), currently Dennis Richardson AO , who leads the department on a daily basis and, along with the Chief of the Defence Force (CDF), is jointly[4] responsible to the Minister for Defence, currently the Senator the Hon. Marise Payne, the Minister for Defence Materiel and Science, the Minister for Veterans' Affairs and the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Centenary of ANZAC, currently Senator the Hon. Dan Tehan MP , and the Assistant Minister to the Minister for Defence, currently the Hon. Michael McCormack MP .

Organisational groups

The Department of Defence consists of ten major organisational groups:[5]

  1. Strategy Executive – policy advice, driving organisational reform and providing strategic leadership
  2. Vice Chief of the Defence Force (VCDF) – Defence business at the strategic level, specifically on supporting the Government and CDF
  3. Capability Development Group (CDG) – to develop and gain Government approval for future Defence capabilities
  4. Chief Information Officer Group – leads the integrated design, cost effective delivery, and sustained operation of Defence information
  5. Chief Finance Officer – to drive the financial and management improvement programs for Defence
  6. Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG) – Australia's largest project management organisation and its mission is to acquire and sustain equipment for the Australian Defence Force[6][7]
  7. Defence People Group – human resource outcomes across the Defence employment cycle from strategy and policy development, through to implementation and service delivery
  8. Defence Estate and Infrastructure Group – consolidated service delivery organisation for Defence that enables Defence capability by working in partnership to deliver integrated services through a highly capable workforce
  9. Defence Science and Technology Group – lead agency charged with applying science and technology to protect and defend Australia and its national interests[8]
  10. Defence Intelligence and Security Group – a fully integrated civilian-military workforce that promotes the Defence values[9]

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) consists of the uniformed groups. i.e. Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Australian Army (Army), Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Joint Operations Command (JOC) and VCDF.

Diarchy

The Chief of the Defence Force (CDF) and the Secretary of the Department of Defence (SECDEF) jointly manage the Australian Defence Organisation (ADO) under a diarchy wherein both report directly to the Minister for Defence[4] and the Assistant Minister for Defence. The ADO diarchy is a governance structure unique in the Australian public service.

Secretary, Department of Defence (SECDEF)

Name Date appointment
commenced		 Date appointment
ceased		 Term in office Notes Ref(s)
Captain Sir Muirhead Collins KCMG, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , RN 1901 1910 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Pethebridge was acting Secretary 1906–1910
Brigadier General Sir Samuel Pethebridge KCMG 1910 1918 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Trumble was acting Secretary 1914–1918
Thomas Trumble CMG 1918 1927 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
Malcolm Shepherd CMG 1927 1937 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
Sir Frederick Shedden KCMG, OBE, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 1937 1956 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
Sir Edwin Hicks CBE 28 October 1956 5 January 1968 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. [10]
Sir Henry Bland 1 May 1968 1970 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. [11]
Sir Arthur Tange AC, CBE, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , March 1970 August 1979 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. [12]
Bill Pritchett August 1979 6 February 1984 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. [13][14]
Sir William Cole 6 February 1984 15 October 1986 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. [14]
Alan Woods AC December 1986 31 July 1988 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. [14]
Tony Ayers AC 1 August 1988 February 1998 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. [14][15]
Paul Barratt AO February 1998 31 August 1999 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Appointment terminated by the Governor-General on the recommendation of Prime Minister Howard;
Barratt fought the decision in the Federal Court, losing on appeal.		 [16][17]
Dr Allan Hawke AC 21 October 1999 20 October 2002 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. [14][18][19]
Ric Smith AO, PSM, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 11 November 2002 3 December 2006 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. [14][19][20]
Nick Warner AO, PSM, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 4 December 2006 13 August 2009 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. [14][20][21][22]
Dr Ian Watt AO 13 August 2009 5 September 2011 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. [14][21][23]
Major General Duncan Lewis AO, DSC, CSC, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 5 September 2011 18 October 2012 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. [14][23][24]
Dennis Richardson AO 18 October 2012 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. [24]

See also

References

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  9. ↑ Intelligence and Security Group, Australian Government Directory
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  13. ↑ NLA Catalogue
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External links

  • Department of Defence website
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