The Australian Army is small by regional standards and tiny given the size of our continent. This paper is the second in the series of capability snapshots produced by ASPI towards the Rudd Government's new Defence White Paper. With over 27,000 permanent and almost 16,000 part-time Reserve personnel, the Australian Army is small by regional...

This report is a summary of the 2007 Defence budget. It covers strategic resource allocation, defence spending, 2007-08 Defence budget initiatives, capital investment, personnel, defence management, international comparison.

Are our defence forces overstretched? Have we reached the point where the scale and diversity of Australian Defence Force (ADF) deployments are no longer sustainable? Are overseas deployments compromising the maintenance and development of our defence capabilities? Is too heavy a burden being placed on the men and women of the ADF by multiple deployments...

As the first major external review of the Department of Defence in almost a decade, this report represents a rare opportunity to bring in outside perspectives to improve the performance of the organisation. There is much at stake. Not only does Defence spend almost $20 billion of taxpayer's money each year, but it plays a...