page_title: Department of Defence (Australia)
section_title: Organisational groups
hierarchical_section_title: Department of Defence (Australia) / Organisational groups
caption_attribution_description: English: Russell Offices, Canberra. View from Mount Pleasant.
context_page_description: The Department of Defence is a department of the Government of Australia charged with the responsibility to defend Australia and its national interests. Along with the Australian Defence Force, it forms part of the Australian Defence Organisation and is accountable to the Commonwealth Parliament, on behalf of the Australian people, for the efficiency and effectiveness with which it carries out the Government's defence policy.
  The head of the Department, who leads it on a daily basis, is the Secretary of the Department of Defence, currently Greg Moriarty. The Secretary reports to the Minister of Defence, currently The Hon. Linda Reynolds MP, following appointment by Prime Minister Scott Morrison in May 2019.
context_section_description: The Department of Defence consists of ten major organisational groups:
  Associate Secretary Group – provides administrative, legal and governance services including audit and fraud control, security and vetting, the Judge Advocate General, and communications and ministerial support.
  Chief Information Officer Group – leads the integrated design, cost effective delivery, and sustained operation of Defence information
  Chief Finance Officer Group – to drive the financial and management improvement programs for Defence
  Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG) –  Australia's largest project management organisation and its mission is to acquire and sustain equipment for the Australian Defence Force, created through the amalgamation of the Capability Development Group and Defence Materiel Organisation in 2015.
  Defence People Group – human resource outcomes across the Defence employment cycle from strategy and policy development, through to implementation and service delivery
  Defence Estate and Infrastructure Group – consolidated service delivery organisation for Defence that enables Defence capability by working in partnership to deliver integrated services through a highly capable workforce
  Defence Science and Technology Group – lead agency charged with applying science and technology to protect and defend Australia and its national interests
  Defence Strategic Policy and Intelligence Group – provides policy advice and coordination for strategy and intelligence for Defence, including overseeing the Defence Intelligence Organisation, Australian Signals Directorate, and the Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation
caption: Department headquarters at the Russell Offices complex in Canberra
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