Output Five: Strategic
Policy
Capability Performance Information
Performance Targets
Strategic and International Policy Activities and Engagement
Includes all international policy activities, encompassing policy development
and advice on international issues including guidance for Defence Cooperation
expenditure, Defence International Engagement Plan development, Defence Attaches,
Defence engagement with allies, contribution to multilateral activities and
crisis management.
| Performance Targets |
Performance |
| Provide timely and responsive strategic policy
advice to the Government to enable it to make sound judgements on, and
to respond to, Australia's strategic circumstances, and specific security
issues as they arise. |
Achieved. Defence provided timely and responsive strategic
policy advice to the Government. This included policy advice to support
Ministerial visits to foreign countries. Defence also provided advice
on issues associated with the war on terror and the implications of United
States defence policy, the war in Iraq, the withdrawal of the Peace Monitoring
Group from Bougainville, strengthened assistance to the Solomon Islands,
further support to the Papua New Guinea Government's defence reform program,
defence relations with the wider Asian region, tensions in the Middle
East, and the development of defence cooperation with other nations. Defence
provided advice on initiatives aimed at preventing the spread of weapons
of mass destruction. It also contributed advice as part of the Government's
exports control regime. |
| Provide strategic policy guidance to enable other areas of Defence to
make sound recommendations or decisions, as appropriate, to the Government
on international relationship management. |
Achieved. Strategic policy guidance was provided to
other areas of Defence on international engagement. This included advice
on international defence relations associated with the war on terror,
and policy support for strategic-level dialogue between senior Australian
and foreign defence officials. The Strategic Policy Group advised other
areas of Defence on the conduct of training, and training-related projects
and exercises conducted under the Defence Cooperation Program. Advice
was also provided in relation to strategic crisis management arrangements
and the development of ADF contingency planning for potential operations
in the region. |
| Effectively manage the Defence Cooperation Program to achieve the aims
of the program. |
Achieved. Defence successfully managed the Defence
Cooperation Program to achieve significant outcomes despite the impact
of world events, such as the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome outbreak
and the increased operational tempo generated by the war in Iraq. This
involved activities aimed at strengthening defence relationships in accordance
with the international engagement objectives articulated in the Defence
International Engagement Plan, including the provision of training, technical
advice, infrastructure development and logistics support to regional nations. |
