Annual Reports

Annual reports are one of the formal accountability mechanisms between Government, Departments, Parliament, and the public.

The Defence Annual Report details performance against the organisation's purpose, outcomes, key activities, and performance targets established in the Defence Corporate Plan and the Budgets.

The report also provides information about Defence’s organisational structure and governance practices, challenges faced by different programs and initiatives, along with the measures and policy directions to overcome these challenges.

The report is published in accordance with the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013. The Defence Annual Report since 2018 can also be found on the Australian Government Transparency Portal.

Additional publications referred to within the Defence Annual Report include:

2022 - 2023 reports

Defence Annual Report 2022 - 2023 (PDF, 3.99 MB) Defence Annual Report 2022 - 2023 web tables (PDF, 1.12 MB) Women in the ADF Report 2022 - 2023 (PDF, 3.62 MB)

2021 - 2022 reports

Defence Annual Report 2021 - 2022 (PDF, 6.86 MB) Defence Annual Report 2021 - 2022 web tables D.1 - D.9 (XLSX, 101.74 KB) Women in the ADF Report 2021 - 2022 (PDF, 7.75 MB)

2020 - 2021 reports

Defence Annual Report 2020 - 2021 (PDF, 4.3 MB) Defence Annual Report 2020 - 2021 web tables D.1 - D.9 (XLSX, 108.23 KB) Women in the ADF Report 2020 - 2021 (PDF, 998.97 KB)

2019 - 2020 reports

Defence Annual Report 2019 - 2020 (PDF, 3.45 MB) Defence Annual Report 2019 - 2020 web tables D.1 - D.9 (XLSX, 107.89 KB) Women in the ADF Report 2019 - 2020 (PDF, 1.5 MB)

2018 - 2019 reports

Defence Annual Report 2018 - 2019 (PDF, 9.68 MB) Defence Annual Report 2018 - 2019 web tables D.1 - D.9 (XLSX, 101.9 KB) Women in the ADF Report 2018 - 2019 (PDF, 559.79 KB)

Previous years reports

Defence Annual Report 2017 - 2018 (PDF, 3.29 MB) Defence Annual Report 2016 - 2017 (PDF, 3.89 MB) Defence Annual Report 2015 - 2016 (PDF, 9.3 MB) Defence Annual Report 2014 - 2015 (PDF, 10.37 MB) Defence Annual Report 2013 - 2014 (PDF, 6.61 MB) Defence Annual Report 2012 - 2013 (PDF, 21 MB) Defence Annual Report 2011 - 2012 (PDF, 27.5 MB)

Defence Annual Reports prior to 2011 can be accessed via the Trove Government web archive.