Conference 2016

I think at the heart of national security is a willingness to make difficult decisions. At the heart of national security and in terms of the way we...

Today I would like to affirm to you the ongoing commitment of the Government to support Australia’s veteran and ex-service communities, and their families. The Government places great importance on ensuring that...

Air Force, like other elements of Defence, faces a range of challenges in meeting the people element of future operational capability. We are undertaking the largest technological upgrade in our history, and we cannot use the model of the past as the model for the future.

The ADF is confronted by the reality of the nation’s demographics; we face a significant challenge in attracting and retaining the people we need to deliver the capability the ADF needs to provide now and into the future.

The Reserve is critical to Army’s ability to sustain its current ADF operational commitments as well as its ability to undertake and sustain new ones. As a matter of routine it provides soldiers to most of the ADF’s operations, and plays a major ongoing role in Operation Resolute - ADF’s support to Australia’s border protection.

Updates on current items of Reserve interest. These are the Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme, the proposed amendments to the Defence Reserve Service Protection Act, the Tasman Scheme, ForceNet, and the restructure of Cadet Reserve and Employer Division (CRESD).

The Army of Today.  Today’s Army is undergoing a significant period of modernisation guided by the principles established under Plan BEERSHEBA. Throughout this journey the Army has made the transition to an integrated force, one in which capability is the focus not the pathway to develop and deliver that capability, be it full time or part time.

The organisers of the 2016 DRA Conference invited the Chief of Navy to address the conference on how Navy intends to maximise the use of the RAN Reserve as part of an integrated total Navy, noting that the 2016 Defence White Paper.....