Defence Magazine

Cover story

Extend–Develop–Focus–Enhance

| Defence Priorities 2006–07 were launched at the recent Senior Leadership Group (SLG) Recall Day on 4 August 2006. Our 2006–07 priorities focus on four overarching themes of continued improvement that provide context and visibility to our key Defence activities.

Features

The year 2020, with 2020 vision

Australia’s strategic outlook—a longer term view

Mr Peter Varghese, Director-General of the Office of National Assessments, recently spoke to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute in Canberra about the strategic outlook for Australia over the next 10–15 years.

The invisible ADF

Operation Acolyte—2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games

It didn’t matter where you went in Melbourne in March this year, you had the feeling that a party was brewing. For 12 days the 2006 Commonwealth Games was the biggest show on earth and sports, celebration and spectacle were the orders of the day—just like it should have been.