Senator Hill, Minister for Defence

Senator Ian Macdonald, Minister representing the Minister for Defence

Department of Defence

Portfolio overview and major corporate issues

Portfolio overview (including implementation of White Paper)

Mr Ric Smith, AO, Secretary of Defence

General Peter Cosgrove, AC, MC, Chief of the Defence Force

Vice Admiral Russ Shalders, AO, CSC, RAN, Vice Chief of the Defence Force

Budget summary, financial statements and improvement initiatives

Mr Lloyd Bennett, Chief Finance Officer

Mr George Veitch, First Assistant Secretary, Business Strategy

Mr Greg Welsh, First Assistant Secretary, Financial Services

Capital budget: major capital equipment and major capital facilities projects

Mr Mick Roche, Under Secretary Defence Materiel

Mr Peter Dunn, AO, Head Management Information Systems

Dr Ian Williams, Head Land Systems Division

Air Vice Marshal John Monaghan, AM, Head Aerospace Systems Division

Ms Shireane McKinnie, Head Electronic Systems

Ms Ann Thorpe, Head Materiel Finance Division

Mr David Learmonth, Head Industry Policy

Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce, AM, CSC, RAN, Head Maritime Systems Division

Major General Peter Haddad, Commander Joint Logistics

Mr Mike Scrafton, Head Infrastructure Division

Defence outputs

Output 1: Defence operations

Rear Admiral Mark Bonser, CSC, Commander Australian Theatre

Mr Kevin Pippard, Director, Business Management Australian Theatre

Output 2: Navy capabilities

Vice Admiral Chris Ritchie, AO, RAN, Chief of Navy

Rear Admiral Rowan Moffitt, RAN, Deputy Chief of Navy

Mr Stephen Wearn, Director General, Navy Business Management

Output 3: Army capabilities

Lieutenant General Peter Leahy, AO, Chief of Army

Mr Lance Williamson, Director General, Corporate Management Planning—Army

Output 4: Air Force capabilities

Air Marshal Angus Houston, AO AFC, Chief of the Air Force

Ms Grace Carlisle, Assistant Secretary Resource Planning—Air Force

Output 5: Strategic policy

Mr Shane Carmody, Deputy Secretary Strategic Policy

Ms Myra Rowling, First Assistant Secretary, Strategic and International Policy

Major General Ken Gillespie, Head Strategic Operations

Air Vice Marshal John Blackburn, Head Policy Guidance and Analysis

Output 6: Intelligence

Mr Ron Bonighton, Deputy Secretary, Intelligence and Security

Mr Steve Merchant, Director, Defence Signals Directorate

Ms Margot McCarthy, Head Defence Security Authority

Business processes

Defence Science

Dr Ian Chessell, Chief Defence Scientist

Inspector General

Mr Claude Neumann, Inspector General

Public Affairs

Mr Patrick Hannan, Chief Information Officer

Ms Jenny McKenry, Head Public Affairs and Corporate Communication

Corporate Services

Mr Alan Henderson, Deputy Secretary, Corporate Services

Commodore Michael Smith, AM, Director General, Defence Legal Service

People

Defence Personnel

Rear Admiral Brian Adams, Head Defence Personnel Executive

Mr Peter Sharp, First Assistant Secretary, Personnel

Air Commodore Tom Austin, AM, Director General, Defence Health Service