Australian Defence Organisation

Australian Defence Organisation
Agency overview
Formed9 February 1976 (1976-02-09)
JurisdictionAustralia
HeadquartersCanberra
Employees82,724 (2024-25, estimated)
Annual budgetA$53.58 billion (2024-25, estimated)
Ministers responsible
Agency executives
Child agencies
Websitedefence.gov.au

The Australian Defence Organisation (ADO) is an Australian Government organisation that consists of the Australian Defence Force (ADF), the Department of Defence (DoD, also branded as Defence Australia[3]), and other related organisations. In present use, the ADO is referred to as Defence.[4][5] Defence's mission and purpose is "to defend Australia and its national interests in order to advance Australia’s security and prosperity".[6]

  1. ^ a b c "Department of Defence Ministers". www.minister.defence.gov.au. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Defence Leaders was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Dennett, Harley (17 May 2022). "Federal department drops the D-word in rebrand". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  4. ^ "2022-23 Annual report" (PDF). Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman. p. 52. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Organisation structure". Defence. Archived from the original on 7 April 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Defence mission". Defence. Retrieved 18 June 2024.