This page provides a list of Senior Australian Defence Organisation Positions, and includes access to information about past occupants of these positions. For information about current occupants of these positions, see Current senior Australian Defence Organisation personnel.
The Australian Defence Organisation (ADO) consists of both the uniformed military, known as the Australian Defence Force (ADF), and the civilian Department of Defence, which includes a number of civilian support organisations. Nominally, the Chief of the Defence Force (CDF) heads the ADF, and the Secretary (of the Department of Defence) heads the civilian organisations, but in fact, they jointly manage the Australian Defence Organisation under a "diarchy", and both report directly to the Minister for Defence.
Since 19xx, the highest active rank in the Australian Defence Force is reserved for the CDF. This is a four-star rank and the CDF is the only Australian officer at that level. As a result of the diarchy, the Secretary of the Department of Defence is of an equivalent level.
This page provides access to information about senior ADO positions (both civilian and military) at the equivalent four-, three-, and, where useful, two- and one-star levels.
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