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Personnel newsletter for Defence members and families
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The Defence Materiel Organisation magazine

  

 

Defence reports, papers and public documents

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Army Aboriginal Community Assistance Program (AACAP)
Fact sheet detailing information related to the Army Aboriginal Community Assistance Program.
Fact Sheet [PDF-51.5 KB] | Fact Sheet HTML

ADF Health Journals

ADF Learning Culture Inquiry Report
Report [PDF-1.25 MB] | Defence Response [PDF-171 KB]

Australian Military Court (AMC): Annual Report 2008 [PDF-1.00 MB]

Australian Military Court (AMC): Annual Report 2007 [PDF-1.24 MB]

Annual Reports
Defence Annual Reports

Australian Approach To Warfare [PDF-4.98 MB]
A June 2002 document on the Australian approach to warfare.

Australia United States Treaty On Defense Trade Cooperation [PDF-76.0 KB]
The Australia-United States Treaty on Defense Trade Cooperation was signed by Prime Minister John Howard and President George W Bush on 5 September 2007.
Fact Sheet [PDF-36.5 KB] | Questions and Answers [PDF-61.7 KB] | Read media release

Australian Defence Force Packaging Standard Def (AUST)1000C Parts 1 to 12, 14 & 15
This standard is the definitive reference for materiel suppliers and describes the principles of packaging as they apply to Defence Materiel.

Australia's National Security: Defence Update 2007
A major review of Australia's National security has been released outlining current threats and challenges facing Australia and the measures the Howard Government is taking to keep Australia secure.

Defence Responses To ASPI Report Recommendations

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Budget
Defence Budget

Defence Budget Audit (Pappas Report) [PDF-9.45 MB]

Response To The Defence Budget Audit [PDF-30.8 KB]

Defence Budget Audit Report
Executive Summary

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Cadets [PDF 1.25 MB]
Review of the Australian Defence Force Cadets Scheme November 2008.

Capability Fact Book [PDF-1.67 MB]
The Capability Fact Book

Force Extraction Cleaning Manual

Combat Clothing Inquiry [PDF-163 MB]
The Government's response to the Review of Combat Clothing procurement will further improve the process which provides the high standard of clothing and equipment to ADF serving personnel.

Collins Class Report
Report to the Minister for Defence on the Collins Class Submarine and Related Matters

Cosson Report Executive Summary [PDF-348 KB]
Inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the failure to repatriate the body of Private Jacob Kovco to Australia on 25 April 2006.

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DECA 2009
Defence Enterprise Collective Agreement 2009

RAAF Base Amberley - Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) Notice Report [PDF-7.86 MB]

2008 Defence Attitude Survey Summary of Results [PDF-606 KB]

Defence Capability Development Manual [PDF-2.33 MB]
The 2006 DCDM provides a concise and comprehensive coverage of the main steps and features for developing investment proposals (including options) for new Defence capabilities for consideration by Government and managing the Major Capital Equipment program.

Defence Capability Plan: Update 2 to the 2009 Defence Capability Plan public version

Defence Capability Plan 2009 [PDF-2.02 MB] or HTML Version
Defence Capability Plan 2009: Public Version

Defence Capability Plan
2006-2016 Defence Capability Plan: Public Version

Defence Clothing And Personal Equipment Procurement Plan 2008- 2012 [PDF-1.13 MB]

Defence Grants Listings [MS-Excel-99 KB]
This document provides details of Defence Grants approved since January 2009.

Defence ISR Roadmap 2007-2017 [PDF-1.01 MB]
The Defence Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Roadmap 2007-2017 is co-ordinating the development of ISR capability across Defence to ensure ISR is delivering maximum advantage.

Defence Information and Communications Technology Strategy 2009 [PDF-1.46 MB]

Defence Personnel Environment Scan 2025

Defence Priorities 2007-08 [PDF-149 KB]
At the recent Senior Leadership Group meeting, held at Parliament House in Canberra on 21 May 2007, the new Defence Priorities 2007-08 was launched. The document articulates the Secretary and Chief of the Defence Force's joint vision for Defence.

Defence Procurement Review 2003 [PDF-672 KB]
Report on reform to Defence acquisitions processes.

Defence Procurement and Sustainment Review [PDF-2.62 MB] (Mortimer Review 2008)

Defence Strategic Reform Program Delivering Force 2030 [PDF-780 KB]
As part of the 2009 Defence White Paper, the Government committed to fundamental and extensive reform of Defence business to improve accountability, planning and productivity in the organisation.

The Strategic Reform Program – Delivering Force 2030 booklet sets out the details of the Strategic Reform Program and shows how the gross savings of around $20 billion over the ten years to 2019 will be achieved.

This money will be reinvested in Defence to deliver stronger military capabilities, to remediate areas where there has not been enough funding in the past and to modernise the Defence enterprise ‘backbone’, which is essential to support the fighting force.

The Response to the Report of The Defence Procurement and Sustainment Review [296 KB] (Response to Mortimer Review)

Defence Update 2007 - Protecting Our People, Interests and Values
Report | Read media release

Defence Values [PDF-27.2 KB] + Defence Leadership Framework [PDF-333 KB]

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F-111 Deseal Reseal Board Of Inquiry
The F-111 Deseal Reseal Board of Inquiry

File Titles
Indexed List of File Titles held by the Department of Defence Senate Continuing Order (the "Harradine Report")

Force 2020 [PDF-4.42 MB]
Document on Force 2020

Founded In History, Forging Ahead [PDF-330 KB]
This paper examines the Australia - United States security relationship, in particular our alliance under the Australia-New Zealand-United States (ANZUS) Security Treaty of 1951, from the perspective of Australia's defence policy.

Fact Sheets

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Government Response - HMAS Success Inquiry - Report on Parliamentary Privilege - 12 May 2011 [PDF - 12Kb]

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HERON Unmanned Aerial System – Fact sheet [PDF - 16 KB]

The Loss of HMAS Sydney II Final Report

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Independent Review on the Health of The Reformed Military Justice System
Sir Laurence Street and Air Marshal Les Fisher (Rtd) reviewed the reformed military justice system following implementation of the 2005 Senate Committee Report into the Effectiveness of Australia's Military Justice System.
Report [PDF - 3.27 MB] | Defence Response [PDF - 1.83 MB]

Industry Strategic Policy Statement
Defence and Industry Strategic Policy Statement

Investigative Capability
Report of an audit of the ADF investigative capability from July 2006.
Report [PDF-0.98 MB] | Defence Response [PDF-1.46 KB]

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Joint Operations for The 21st Century [PDF-1.91 MB]
This document articulates CDF's vision of how we will fight in the future and is aimed at Defence personnel of all levels.

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KPMG Independent Audit: Re: the implementation of the DFRT determinations for Special Forces pay [PDF-558 KB]

Management of Kangaroo-Related Environmental and Animal Welfare Issues: Expert Panel Assessment - August 2007 [PDF-698 KB]

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Lewincamp Review
Review of the Policy Framework For Clothing Procurement

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Defence Procurement and Sustainment Review [PDF-2.62 MB] (Mortimer Review 2008)

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2009 NCW Roadmap [PDF-2.84 MB]
 Network Centric Warfare (NCW) is one of the key enabling concepts that underpin the Australian Defence Force's (ADF) Future Joint Operations Concept.

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Operations in the Middle East In 2003 [PDF-1.92 MB]
A review of Australia's contribution to US-led coalition operations in Iraq. It follows the progress of the war, focusing on the part played by the ADF and identifies the key lessons learned during three operations in the Middle East.

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Pay and Conditions Manual (ADF)
Australian Defence Force Pay & Conditions Manual

Private Jeremy Williams [PDF-41.6 KB]
Report into the death of Private Jeremy Williams

Point Nepean Community Trust [PDF-2.29 MB]
Deed of Settlement of Point Nepean Community Trust

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Review of the Reporting of Defects with ADF Personal Equipment and Combat Clothing

Review Of The Policy Framework For Clothing Procurement

Summary of Government response to recommendations of Clothing and Personal Equipment Reviews

Report on the Findings of The Investigation of Media Allegations That Defence Staff Investigated The Minister For Defence and Related Matters [PDF-102 KB]

Report of Inquiry into The Loss Of Access By Dili Users to an Intelligence Database in December 1999 [PDF-1.14 MB]
On 20 December 1999 several ADF intelligence officers attached to the INTERFET force in Dili, East Timor, lost access to a particular intelligence database hosted by the Defence Intelligence Organisation (DIO). That remained the case until the evening of 21 December 1999.

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Navy's Response to the Submarine Workforce Sustainability Review [PDF-9.15 MB]

Senate Order on Use of Commercial-In-Confidence in Government Contracts
Information relating to the use of commercial-in-confidence in Government contracts.

Senate Order on Vacancies, Appointments and Grants, 28-9-10 to 31-1-11 [PDF-64.0 KB]

SHOAMP
Study of Health Outcomes in Aircraft Maintenance Personnel (SHOAMP).

Strategic Basis
A History of Australian Strategic Policy Since 1945

The Strategy Framework 2010 [PDF-1.63 MB]

Defence Strategic Reform Program Delivering Force 2030 [PDF-780 KB]
As part of the 2009 Defence White Paper, the Government committed to fundamental and extensive reform of Defence business to improve accountability, planning and productivity in the organisation.

The Strategic Reform Program – Delivering Force 2030 booklet sets out the details of the Strategic Reform Program and shows how the gross savings of around $20 billion over the ten years to 2019 will be achieved.

This money will be reinvested in Defence to deliver stronger military capabilities, to remediate areas where there has not been enough funding in the past and to modernise the Defence enterprise ‘backbone’, which is essential to support the fighting force.

Supporting ADF Peacekeepers and Their Families: The Case of East Timor [PDF-8.33 KB]
A special report about how ADF personnel and their families perceived support during deployment to East Timor as seen through the eyes of personnel who deployed and their partners who remained in Australia.

Special Forces Trade Competency Remediation
Chief of Army Directive 06/2009:  Special Forces trade competency remediation.

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Technical Regulation of ADF Materiel Manual - Land (TRAMM-L) Issue 4.0 [PDF]
The Technical Regulation of ADF Materiel Manual - Land (TRAMM-L) provides users with the minimum requirements for achieving and maintaining technical integrity of land materiel. Technical Integrity encompasses fitness-for-service, safety and environmental compliance.

The TRAMM-L consists of the following sections:

Defence Test and Evaluation Roadmap 2008 [PDF-9.34 MB]
Test and Evaluation (T&E) is one of the key enabling activities that underpin the ADF’s capability development process to realise CDF’s vision for a balanced, networked and deployable force. Defence’s T&E approach will ensure that the capabilities that are fielded are tested and evaluated and are suitable for ADF operations.

TRITIUM-BASED LIGHT SOURCES
Review of Defence policy and procedures for management of equipment containing tritium-based light sources
Report [53.5 KB] | Read media release

Tracey Report [PDF-1.00 MB]
Colonel Tracey's report in Redress of Grievance for Lieutenant Colonel Lance Collins

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Whalan Review
Review of the Reporting of Defects with ADF Personal Equipment and Combat Clothing

White Paper 2009

White Paper 2000 [PDF-5.51 MB]
White Paper - Defence 2000 - Our Future Defence Force (PDF)

Winning In Peace, Winning In War [PDF-1.36 MB]
This booklet covers the range of current ADF operations from the war against terrorism, border protection, southern ocean fisheries patrols and nation-building in our region to domestic security and indigenous support.

Workplace Remuneration Arrangement 2009-2011 (ADF) [PDF-248 KB]
The ADF Workplace Remuneration Arrangement is the means by which ADF members receive across-the-board pay rises over a specified period (usually 2 - 3 years) in return for improvements in productivity and efficiency.

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