Department of Defence of Australia
Government departmentWikipedia
71
MENTIONS
47
EPISODES
32
PODCASTS
Search complete. 71 mentions across 47 episodes found for "Department of Defence of Australia".
Sep 24, 2026
Mick RavenHOST
And it says, on the 17th September, the Australia-Chinese Defence Coordination Dialogue was held in Beijing, in China.
Mick RavenHOST
Mr. Bernard Phillip, First Assistant Secretary, International Policy, Department of Defence, led the Australian delegation.
Mick RavenHOST
And then it goes on to say, The dialogue provided an opportunity for both sides to exchange views on regional and global security issues and opportunities for future dialogue.
Mick RavenHOST
It says Australia raised the importance of all militaries in the region operating in a safe and professional manner.
Tom LudlowHOST
Self-reported implementation data in the report published on Tuesday showed that federal agencies said that implemented 92% of the 2023-24 audit recommendations within 24 months, leaving about 20 idle.
Tom LudlowHOST
Some of the highest profile audits that year looked at the Department of Defence's contract management for munitions and the Australian Tax Office's management and oversight of fraud control arrangements for GST.
Tom LudlowHOST
The audit office refused to provide further information about which recommendations had fallen idle and there is no suggestion that Defence or the Tax Office have not actioned recommendations.
Tom LudlowHOST
The most recent review of post-audit action targeting the Department of Industry, Science and Resources, and published in April, showed that the bar for a partially implemented or not implemented finding was relatively low.
Sharri MarksonHOST
Mm.
Peter JenningsGUEST
So Marles is either not telling the truth about it, or he is being badly briefed by the Defense Department.
Sharri MarksonHOST
Wow.
Peter JenningsGUEST
Um, and another point-
James LaurencesonGUEST
So that might be a sensible conversation that Australia could have about whether we want to tighten that up.
James MacPhersonHOST
I want to ask you about the Department of Defence investigating how F-35 fighter jet parts, which were meant to be sent to the United States for repair, ended up being sent to Hong Kong and now those defence parts are missing.
James MacPhersonHOST
the Defence Minister, Richard Marles, played it down.
James MacPhersonHOST
He said, my understanding is that there is a sense of comfort that we're not talking about sensitive equipment here or sensitive parts, which seems to me to be a little beside the point, does it not? How do you write Hong Kong on the parcel when it's meant to be going to the United States? That does not sound like an accident.
WambaHOST
And there's an incident here of the independent senator, David Pocock, who, according to captions, says...
WambaHOST
the Department of Defense appears to be brazenly defying the consulting ban on KPMG.
WambaHOST
And now I read the story.
WambaHOST
One department handed KPMG more than $22 million in variations or extensions to existing contracts in the three months after the firm agreed to stop bidding for new federal government work.
WambaHOST
All the tender document have revealed.
WambaHOST
Department of Defense staff signed off on at least four multimillion-dollar contract variations or extensions for management support services with KPMG between the ban's June 16 start date and mid-September.
WambaHOST
One of these contracts, originally signed in for $5 million in 2022, has since ballooned to $35.6 million over eight variations, including one signed off on August 6th while another received a $4.1 million increase on July 1.
WambaHOST
KPMG was rocked by allegations in March made under parliamentary privilege that staff in its audit division had misused confidential client data to win work from big corporates.
Kylie BryantGUEST
I was also his BOM under the public service around he didn't believe in the hierarchy and things like that, so I jumped a couple of levels.
Kylie BryantGUEST
But I was also working with the Department of Defense and the Department of Home Affairs as my main departments that we were working for.
Kylie BryantGUEST
And of course, they're really tough departments to be working with.
Kylie BryantGUEST
It's quite almost aggressive cultures that are very male-dominated.
Jess CollinsGUEST
Once they sign it over to the Department of Defence...
Jess CollinsGUEST
Sorry, Department of Finance, Department of Defense just simply do not care what happens to it.
Tim WebsterHOST
Yeah.
Tim WebsterHOST
They just want it off their books.
Antony RogersGUEST
Yeah, no, thanks, Rob, and thanks for the opportunity to comment on these.
Antony RogersGUEST
I guess I'll start with saying that everything we're going to say here, we're not employees or even contractors to the Department of Defence at the moment on this particular project.
Antony RogersGUEST
This is just what we know from our general background with working with Defence and also what we're gleaning through the public media or the public availability.
Antony RogersGUEST
And what we'd like to see as well, I guess, as well.
Antony RogersGUEST
Yeah, exactly.
Antony RogersGUEST
Yeah, yeah.
Antony RogersGUEST
So I guess the defence disposals activity or defence divestment activity is important from a Department of Defence perspective of identifying and remediating the estate to get to the point where it's more manageable.
Antony RogersGUEST
So at the moment, Defence has got a vast range of properties around the country, about 3.5 million hectares total.
speaker_0NARRATOR
The ADM podcast is produced by Southern Skies Media on behalf of Australian Defence Magazine, a Yaffa media title.
speaker_0NARRATOR
The views of the people appearing on this podcast do not necessarily represent the views of Australian Defence Magazine, the Department of Defence or the guest's employer.
speaker_0NARRATOR
If you wish to use any of the audio in this podcast, please contact Australian Defence Magazine via their website, australiandefence.com.au or via email at defmag at yaffa.com.au.
speaker_5UNKNOWN
media podcast
Michael McLarenHOST
which seems a ridiculous double standard.
Michael McLarenHOST
And in fact, at one point, the ABC journalist went through a car park, which seemed to be rather centrally located between the Department of Defence, the ASIO headquarters, and one other national security...
Michael McLarenHOST
It could have been the Signals Directorate building or something.
Michael McLarenHOST
And there was all of these connected vehicles, many of them Chinese EVs, parked there, obviously employees' vehicles.
37 more episodes mention Department of Defence of Australia.
Create an account to see the whole feed, search across every transcript, and follow the entities you care about.