Department of

Defence
(Australia)

Defence Australia is a
department of the Government
of Australia charged with the
responsibility to defend Australia
and its national interests.[4] Along

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 with the Australian Defence
Force (ADF), it forms part of the
Australian Defence Organisation
(ADO) and 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.

Defence Australia
Department overview

Formed 14 April 1942[1]

Preceding Department of
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 Preceding Department of
department Defence Co-
ordination

Jurisdiction Australia

Headquarters Canberra

Employees 16,272 (2020)[2]

Annual budget A$37.82 billion

(2019–20)[3]

Minister Richard Marles,

responsible Minister for
Defence

Department Greg Moriarty,

executive Secretary of
the

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 Department of
Defence

Child agencies Defence

Intelligence
Organisation
Australian
Geospatial-
Intelligence
Organisation
Australian
Signals
Directorate

Website defence.gov.au (
http://defence.g
ov.au)

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 The head of the department, who
leads it on a daily basis, is the
Secretary of the Department of
Defence (SECDEF), currently
Greg Moriarty. The Secretary
reports to the Minister of
Defence, Richard Marles.

History

Australia has had at least one

defence-related government
department since Federation in
1901. The first Department of

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 Defence existed from 1901 until
1921. In 1915, during World War I,
a separate Department of the
Navy was created. The two
departments merged in 1921 to
form the second Department of
Defence, regarded as a separate
body.[5]

A major departmental
reorganisation occurred in the
lead-up to World War II. The
Department of Defence was
abolished and replaced with six
smaller departments – the

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 Defence Co-ordination (for
defence policy, financial, and
administrative matters), three
"service departments" (Army,
Navy, and Air), the Supply and
Development (for munitions and
materiel), and Civil Aviation.[5]
The current Department of
Defence was formally created in
1942, when Prime Minister John
Curtin renamed the existing
Department of Defence Co-
ordination. The other defence-
related departments underwent a

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 series of reorganisations, before
being merged into the primary
department over the following
decades. This culminated in the
abolition of the three service
departments in 1973. A new
Department of Defence Support
was created in 1982, but
abolished in 1984.[6]

In May 2022, the department

was renamed Defence Australia.
[7]

The Australian Department of

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 Defence, along with the
Australian state and other
governments are known to fund
the Australian Strategic Policy
Institute (ASPI), a defence and
strategic policy think tank based
in Canberra, Australian Capital
Territory.[8]

Defence Committee

The Defence Committee is the

primary decision-making
committee in the Department of

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 Defence, supported by six
subordinate committees, groups
and boards. The Defence
Committee is focused on major
capability development and
resource management for the
Australian Defence Organisation
and shared accountability of the
Secretary and the Chief of the
Defence Force.[9]

The members of the Defence

Committee are:

Secretary of the Department of

Defence (SECDEF)
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 Defence (SECDEF)
Chief of the Defence Force
(CDF)
Vice Chief of the Defence
Force (VCDF)
Associate Secretary
Chief of Navy (CN)
Chief of Army (CA)
Chief of Air Force (CAF)
Chief of Joint Operations
(CJOPS)
Deputy Secretary for
Capability Acquisition and
Sustainment

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 Deputy Secretary for Strategic
Policy and Intelligence
Chief Defence Scientist (CDS)
Chief of Joint Capabilities
(CJC)
Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Chief Finance Officer (CFO)
Deputy Secretary for People
Deputy Secretary for Estate
and Infrastructure

Organisational groups

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 Department headquarters at the Russell
Offices complex in Canberra

As of 2016 the Department of

Defence consists of ten major
organisational groups:[10]

Associate Secretary Group –

provides administrative, legal
and governance services
including audit and fraud
control, security and vetting,

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 the Judge Advocate General,
and communications and
ministerial support.
Chief Information Officer
Group – leads the integrated
design, cost effective delivery,
and sustained operation of
Defence information
Chief Finance Officer Group –
to drive the financial and
management improvement
programs for Defence
Capability Acquisition and
Sustainment Group (CASG) –

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 Australia's largest project
management organisation and
its mission is to acquire and
sustain equipment for the
Australian Defence Force,
created through the
amalgamation of the
Capability Development Group
and Defence Materiel
Organisation in 2015.[11][12]
Defence People Group –
human resource outcomes
across the Defence
employment cycle from

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 strategy and policy
development, through to
implementation and service
delivery
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
Defence Science and

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 Technology Group – lead
agency charged with applying
science and technology to
protect and defend Australia
and its national interests[13]
Defence Strategic Policy and
Intelligence Group – provides
policy advice and coordination
for strategy and intelligence for
Defence, including overseeing
the Defence Intelligence
Organisation, Australian
Signals Directorate, and the
Australian Geospatial-

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 Intelligence Organisation[14]

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 in which
both report directly to the
Minister for Defence and the
Assistant Minister for Defence.
The ADO diarchy is a governance
structure unique in the Australian

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 Public Service.

List of departmental
secretaries

The Secretary of the Department

of Defence (SECDEF) is a senior
public service officer and
historically the appointees have
not come from military service.

Date
Post-
Name appointment
nominlal's
commenced

Captain Sir Muirhead Collins KCMG, PVNF 1901

Brigadier General Sir Samuel Pethebridge KCMG 1910

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 Thomas Trumble CMG, CBE 1918

Malcolm Shepherd CMG, ISO 1927

Sir Frederick Shedden KCMG, OBE 1937

Sir Edwin Hicks CBE 28 October 1956

Sir Henry Bland 1 May 1968

Sir Arthur Tange AC, CBE March 1970

Bill Pritchett AO August 1979

Sir William Cole 6 February 1984

Alan Woods AC December 1986

Tony Ayers AC 1 August 1988

Paul Barratt AO February 1998

Dr Allan Hawke AC 21 October 1999

Ric Smith AO, PSM 11 November 2002

Nick Warner AO, PSM 4 December 2006

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 Dr Ian Watt AO 13 August 2009

AO, DSC,
Major General Duncan Lewis 5 September 2011
CSC

Dennis Richardson AO 18 October 2012

Greg Moriarty 4 September 2017

See also

Australia
portal
Politics
portal

Australian Defence
Organisation
Current senior Australian
Defence Organisation
personnel

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 Minister for Defence
Minister for Defence Science
and Personnel
Minister for Veterans' Affairs
Minister for Defence Industry
List of Australian
Commonwealth Government
entities
Department of the Army
(Australia)
Department of the Navy
(Australia)
Department of Air (Australia)

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 United States Department of
Defense
United Kingdom Ministry of
Defence
Canadian Department of
National Defence
New Zealand Ministry of
Defence

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