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Written by Matthew BennMorrison Government launches guide to bolster industry security
Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price launched the Working Securely with Defence guide alongside Australian Industry Group national president Chris Jenkins on February 22nd.
It was jointly developed by Defence, AiGroup, the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) over the past 12 months.
The need to make more businesses ‘Defence-ready’ is underlined by the Morrison Government’s commitment of $15 billion to cyber and information warfare capabilities over the coming decade.
Minister Price said the Working Securely with Defence guide complements her ‘five pillars’ approach to supporting Australian businesses by improving the way Defence communicates and does business with industry in relation to its security obligations.
About 40 per cent of businesses that apply to win Defence work have insufficient cyber security measures to meet Defence’s standards.
The percentage of businesses missing out on Defence work due to insufficient security measures has already prompted Defence to focus on providing support to applicants to improve their cyber security.
This new guide (attachment below) will help industry overcome those issues to become ‘Defence-ready’, in turn supporting the Government’s $270 billion investment in Defence capability over the next decade.
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Written by Matthew BennCDIC Defence networking event - Tuesday, 9th March 2021
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Developing Australia’s Space Industry
The House Standing Committee on Industry, Innovation, Science and Resources has commenced an inquiry into Developing Australia’s Space Industry.
The Chair of the Committee, Hon Barnaby Joyce MP, said ‘Australia’s space industry is growing rapidly. The Australian Space Agency has a goal to triple the size of the sector to $12 billion and create an additional 20,000 jobs over the next decade. This inquiry will examine ways to achieve this.’
Space is an industry that inspires, fascinates and excites people. Generally, rockets and astronauts come to mind when we think about the space industry, but its technology and equipment are very much a part of our day-to-day lives, for example weather forecasting and GPS technology. There are enormous opportunities for individuals, organisations, and communities to take advantage of this growing sector, particularly in rural and regional areas, Mr Joyce said.
The Committee’s inquiry will examine the breadth of opportunities presented by Australia’s space industry and what is required to strengthen support of our domestic and international space related activities. This includes the development of space technology and equipment, commercialisation of research and development, future workforce requirements, and international collaboration.
The Committee would like to hear from interested people, organisations and agencies working in space related fields. Submissions to the inquiry should be received by 29 January 2021.
The terms of reference for the inquiry can be found on the Committee’s website.
Media enquiries:
Please contact Sam Woods at the Office of Hon Barnaby Joyce MP on (02) 6761 3080.
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Interested members of the public may wish to track the committee via the website. Click on the blue ‘Track Committee’ button in the bottom right hand corner and use the forms to login to My Parliament or to register for a My Parliament account.
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Minister for Defence Announces - Defence Transformation Strategy
With the unprecedented amount of additional funding, attention and scrutiny placed on Defence and Defence contracts in the past twelve months, becoming a supplier in the Defence Industry continues to be a smart and rewarding decision.
Last week there was another positive sign from Government when Australia's Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC released the new Defence Transformation Strategy - Lead the Way.
What does it mean?
Lead the Way: Defence Transformation Strategy provides the vision and framework for long-term, enterprise-wide transformation. Continuous transformation will enhance Defence’s capacity to continually adapt as our strategic circumstances change (downloads below).
The new Defence Transformation Strategy provides Defence with the vision and framework for long-term, enterprise-wide transformation.
The 2020 Defence Strategic Update identifies that Australia’s security environment has deteriorated. Major power competition, military modernisation, disruptive technological change and new threats are all making our region less safe. As the strategic environment changes around us, we have to change with it.
Defence, as a matter of necessity, must continue to improve its ability to deliver on its current commitments while retaining the organisational capacity to anticipate and respond effectively to strategic challenges.
We recognise that the Defence enterprise is a strategic national asset, and we are responsible for it.
Just as we raise, train and sustain our military capabilities and our uniformed people, we must also ensure our enterprise can always adapt to our changing strategic environment.
This requires a high-performing One Defence enterprise with a culture that embraces continuous improvement.
Defence must lead the way in clearly demonstrating our ability to deliver our enterprise outcomes, and to provide maximum value to the people of Australia.
This means that we must have the ability to:
- Learn about our environment, our risks, our opportunities, and our own performance
- Evolve how we operate our enterprise, support and develop our people, and deepen our partnerships
- Align our priorities, our processes, our systems, and how we engage and communicate inside and outside Defence, and
- Deliver the Defence Mission and strategic effects, through our capabilities, our services, and by clearly demonstrating Defence’s value to the nation.
To achieve this ability, we require:
- A continuous improvement culture, based on our Values and Behaviours, clear accountabilities and trusted information.
- An enduring system for transforming the Defence enterprise – this will be a continuous process to align resources to priorities, reform activities, opportunities and risks in accordance with our evolving strategy.
- Priority reform areas of focus, which includes:
- Driving Improved Capability Delivery.
- Strengthening Defence’s approach to Australian Industry capability, including innovation, export and harnessing opportunities from Australian science and technology.
- Adopting a strategic approach to Defence enterprise resilience and supply chain assurance.
- Improving Defence’s Strategic Workforce Planning, Learning and Management.
- Instituting an improved enterprise performance measurement and reporting framework.
- Improving Defence engagement and communications.
The initiatives in this Strategy will help us to work together as One Defence to continuously improve and adapt to face our challenges.