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Defence reform and the cuts to come
Posted By Mark Thomson on August 20, 2013 @ 06:00
Back in June, I was asked to speak at a workshop in Ottawa on defence reform, alongside presenters from the United States and United Kingdom. It was a great opportunity to catch up on what’s been happening elsewhere (more on that later) and also to think about recent and future reform here in Australia.
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[1] Image: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130702DMO000_9561.jpg
[2] Strategic Reform Program: http://www.defence.gov.au/SRP/
[3] cultural: http://www.defence.gov.au/culturereviews/docs/120410%20Pathway%20to%20Change%20-%20Evolving%20Defence%20Culture%20-%20web%20version.pdf
[4] avalanche of reviews: http://epress.anu.edu.au/apps/bookworm/view/Agenda,+Volume+19,+Number+1,+2012/9601/Ergas.html
[5] ASPI Defence Budget Brief: http://www.aspi.org.au/publications/publicationlist.aspx?pubtype=3
[6] short paper: http://www.aspi.org.au/events/recentEventDetail.aspx?eid=515
[7] Hawk Lead-in-Fighter: http://www.baesystems.com/article/BAES_159753/more-savings-under-new-hawk-contract?_afrLoop=551424170707000&_afrWindowMode=0&_afrWindowId=null&baeSessionId=5qHNSNnKGytRtm1jLRdCfLhtQvsXKLXn8xg5pvvhnxyGpyB1SZYx!-187641727
[8] Jindalee Over-The-Horizon-Radar: http://www.employeepublications-baesystems.com/infocus/infocus_1/22
[9] Rizzo Review: http://www.defence.gov.au/oscdf/rizzo-review/
[10] gap between extant plans for the ADF and promised funding: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-ongoing-unreality-of-australian-defence-planning/
[11] 2009: http://www.bipsolutions.com/docstore/ReviewAcquisitionGrayreport.pdf
[12] 2011: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/27408/defence_reform_report_struct_mgt_mod_27june2011.pdf
[13] 32,000 positions (40%: http://www.channel4.com/news/mod-to-axe-40-per-cent-of-its-civilian-workforce
[14] still further reductions: http://metro.co.uk/2013/06/23/civilian-jobs-cut-ministry-of-defence-george-osborne-spending-review-3852242/
[15] 31 July speech: http://www.defense.gov/Speeches/Speech.aspx?SpeechID=1798
[16] underfunding inherent in the 2013 Defence White Paper: http://www.securitychallenges.org.au/ArticlePages/vol9no2Thomson.html
[17] Department of Defence: http://images.defence.gov.au/fotoweb/Preview.fwx?&position=10&archiveType=ImageFolder&archiveId=5003&albumId=5003&sorting=ModifiedTimeAsc&search=DMO&fileId=8590496097A739A256310C7D03801DA68D63C262324DFB8ED7F17CB3E297E30BF90A747715E33C61629B8355D938FC32176D61D67003E0DA4FEF86433E5232B2D154420E0B08EA0A1A7201113BDF34969C9CD2B2EBD16DF3F92BE1DDB738C846EE15B1F1651DADDC24FBC1C70B259CFC5D128A5AE0C3E24720767DB45426D37C53E0B100AA568F31B342C5671AAA5E2893073E0839C2417D79408D10B9ACF815EC578B6C1484ACFDC1D85AB8719262C735C2D9CB859226C56769479E68698D340D9FDDE555E831D0