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:
- Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Annual Reports
- Sexual Misconduct Prevention and Response Office Annual Reports
- Women in the Australian Defence Force (ADF) reports (links below)
- supplementary data tables (links below).
2023–2024 reports
2022–2023 reports
2021–2022 reports
2020–2021 reports
2019–2020 reports
2018–2019 reports
Previous years reports
Defence Annual Reports prior to 2011 can be accessed via the Trove Government web archive.