Department of Defence (Australia)

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Agency overview
Department of Defence

Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Canberra
Employees	65,647
Annual Budget	AUD$16.35 billion (05/06) AUD$22 billion (07/08)
Ministers Responsible	Joel Fitzgibbon, Minister for Defence Warren Snowdon, Minister for Defence Science and Personnel
Agency Executives	Nick Warner, Secretary (SECDEF) ACM Angus Houston, Chief of the Defence Force (CDF)
Parent agency	Australian Defence Organisation
Child Agency	Capability Development Group Chief Finance Officer Group Chief Information Officer Group Defence Materiel Organisation Defence Science and Technology Organisation Defence Support Group Intelligence, Security and International Policy Joint Operations Command People Strategies and Policy Strategy, Coordination and Governance Vice Chief of the Defence Force
Website
www.defence.gov.au

For other uses, see Department of Defence.

The Australian Department of Defence is an Federal Government Department. It forms part of the Australian Defence Organisation along with the Australian Defence Force. The Defence mission is to defend Australia and its national interests. It 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.

1 Organisational groups
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Organisational groups

The Department of Defence conists of 11 major organisational groups:

Capability Development Group
Chief Finance Officer Group
Chief Information Officer Group
Defence Materiel Organisation
Defence Science and Technology Organisation
Defence Support Group
Intelligence, Security and International Policy
Joint Operations Command
People Strategies and Policy
Strategy, Coordination and Governance
Vice Chief of the Defence Force

The Australian Defence Force consists of:

The Defence Materiel Organisation is a prescribed agency responsible for acquisition, sustainment and disposal of Defence equipment. Although the DMO forms part of the Department of Defence, it is also separately accountable to the Minister for its budget and performance.

The Chief of the Defence Force (CDF) and the Secretary for the Department of Defence jointly manage the Defence organisation under a "diarchy", a term used to describe the relationship between the Chief of the Defence Force and Secretary, who both report directly to the Minister for Defence. The ADO diarchy is a governance structure unique in the Australian Commonwealth public service.