Department of Defence

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.

Field Name	Field Value
FOI Documents Released FOI Disclosure Log URL	http://www.defence.gov.au/FOI/Decisions/DisclosureLog.asp
Australian Business Number ABN from business register	68706814312
Annual Report(s)	http://www.defence.gov.au/annualreports/
Contract Listing Departmental and agency contracts, mandated by the Senate	http://www.defence.gov.au/dmo/id/cic_contracts/cic_contracts.cfm
Description Description of roles and responsiblities of organisation	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.
2010-2011 employees 2010-2011 employees	23389
FOI Bodies Organisational units within this agency that are subject to FOI Act but are not autonomous	Australian Defence Human Research Ethics Committee Defence Families of Australia Defence Reserves Support Council Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Authority Defence Materiel Organisation Military Superannuation and Benefits Board of Trustee No 1 Australian Defence Force Academy Consultative Council
FOI Contact Email FOI contact email if not foi@	FOI.Inquiries@defence.gov.au
	Larger operational
Grants Awarded Departmental and agency grants mandated by the Senate and Commonwealth grants guidelines	http://www.defence.gov.au/publications/web_based_reporting_20_may.xls
Has CC-BY Has any page licenced Creative Commons - Attribution	http://acmc.gov.au/copyright/
Has Facebook	http://www.facebook.com/pages/Asia-Pacific-Civil-Military-Centre-of-Excellence/195826423783739 http://www.facebook.com/AustralianAirForceCadets http://www.facebook.com/AustralianNavy http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=9147719110 http://www.facebook.com/TheAustralianArmy
Has Flickr	http://www.flickr.com/photos/CivMilCoE/
Has RSS	http://airpower.airforce.gov.au/rss/news.ashx http://dspace.dsto.defence.gov.au/dspace/feed/rss_1.0/site http://dspace.dsto.defence.gov.au/dspace/feed/rss_2.0/site http://feeds.feedburner.com/Navy-Events?format=xml http://feeds.feedburner.com/Navy-News?format=xml http://feeds.feedburner.com/Navy-Podcasts http://feeds.feedburner.com/Navy-Vodcasts?format=xml http://feeds.feedburner.com/RoyalAustralianAirForce http://feeds.feedburner.com/RaafVideoDownloads http://feeds.feedburner.com/RAAFVideoPodcasts
Has Restrictive Licence Has any page licenced under terms more restrictive than Crown Copyright	http://www.defence.gov.au/footer/copyright.htm
Has Twitter	@AirForceHQ @AusDefenceForce @Australian_Navy @AustralianArmy @civmilcoe @navytrident09
Has YouTube	http://www.youtube.com/user/CivMilCoe
Information Publication Scheme	http://www.defence.gov.au/ips/
	1/1/1970
Name Name, most recent and broadest	Department of Defence
Organisation Type Org type based on legal formation via FMA/CAC legislation etc.	FMA-DepartmentOfState
Past/Other Names Other names for organisation	Department of Defence Air Force Headquarters Army Headquarters Navy Defence Science and Technology Organisation DSTO DEFENCE Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force IGADF Maritime Development Branch Office of the Secretary and Chief of the Defence Force Australian Defence Force Royal Australian Navy Australian Army Royal Australian Air Force Asia Pacific Civil-Military Centre of Excellence Australian Civil-Military Centre The Australian Army Australian Air Force Cadets
Political Positions Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries	Minister for Defence Minister for Defence Materiel Minister for Defence Science and Personnel Parliamentary Secretary for Defence
Files/Records Held Indexed lists of departmental and agency files, mandated by the Senate	http://www.defence.gov.au/SenateOrder/
Same As Same as other URLs/URIs for this entity	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Department_of_Defence_%28Australia%29
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Short Name Name shortened, usually to an acronym	Defence
Website Website URL	http://www.defence.gov.au