Annual reports are one of the formal accountability mechanisms between Government, departments, the Parliament, and the public.
The Defence Annual Report details performance against the organisation's purpose, outcomes, key activities, and performance targets established in the annual Defence Corporate Plan and Portfolio Budget Statements. This includes financial statements.
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.
Additional publications referred to within the Defence Annual Report include:
- Inspector-General ADF Annual Reports
- Sexual Misconduct Prevention and Response Office Annual Reports
- Women in ADF Reports (links below)
- supplementary data tables (links below).
The Defence Annual Report since 2018 can be also be found on the Australian Government Transparency Portal.
2021 - 2022
2020 - 2021
2019 - 2020
2018 - 2019
Previous years
Defence Annual Reports prior to 2011 can be access via the Trove Government web archive.