This new Defence White Paper explains how the Government plans to strengthen the foundations of Australia's defence. It sets out the Government's plans for Defence for the next few years, and how it will achieve those plans. It provides an indication of the level of resources that the Government is planning to invest in Defence...

Defence White Paper - Community Consultation Program report of findings. The Panel wanted to note, at the outset, an important and recurring concern in our community consultations that the Defence White Paper should be derived from a national security strategy. A number of people argued that Defence should be considered in a whole of government...

The establishment of the MHS by the ADF in 2002 was far-sighted. The Strategy compares favourably with mental health strategies in other Australian workplaces. It also compares well with what exists in military forces in other countries. Some of these military forces have mental health policies and programs in place, particularly in relation to PTSD...

This update points to the increasing complexity of our strategic situation and it details our Defence policy response. According to the report, serious threats to stability continue to emerge from the Middle East while in the Asia-Pacific the strategic landscape is shifting. Relations between the major powers - the United States, Japan, China and India...

The essential features of the current Defence organisation were established over 30 years ago in peacetime. Today, in a period of high operational activity, this report finds an organisation struggling to deliver administratively when its main focus is on supporting military operations in nine major deployments around the world. The Defence organisation has undoubtedly made...