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Encyclopedia > Department of Defence (Australia)

The Department of Defence is an Australian government department. Its role is too defend Australia and its national interests through the Australian Defence Force. The ADF includes: The Australian Defence Force numbers about 53,000 full-time active duty personnel plus another 20,700 reservists. ... The Australian Defence Force numbers about 53,000 full-time active duty personnel plus another 20,700 reservists. ...

The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is the air force branch of the Australian Defence Force. ... The Australian Army Emblem The Australian Army is Australias military land force. ... The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. ...

See also

List of Australian Ministers for Defence (see Australian Defence Force, Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army, and Royal Australian Air Force. ... This is a list of Australian Commonwealth Government departments, bureaus, authorities and commissions. ...

External links

  • Department of Defence Website
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Defence Science and Technology Organisation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (160 words)
The Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) is a branch of the Australian Department of Defence which researches and develops technologies for use in the Australian Defence Industry.
DSTO was created in 1974 by amalgamating the Australian Defence Scientific Service with the Science Branch of the Department of Defence.
Over the next 20 years various other Australian Defence laboratories were integrated with DSTO, including what remained of the Weapons Research Establishment, responsible for the Woomera test range.
Defence and security - Australia in Brief - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (1512 words)
These are: ensuring the defence of Australia and its direct approaches; contributing to the security of Australia’s immediate neighbourhood; supporting wider interests by contributing to international coalitions to meet crises beyond Australia’s immediate neighbourhood; and undertaking peacetime national tasks that support wider Australian interests.
Australia has been part of this mission since 1956 and the current commitment is 11 personnel.
Australia’s Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) is staffed with some of the most brilliant scientific minds in the country.
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