What is the Australia Defence Association (ADA)?
Since 1975 the ADA has been Australias only truly independent, actively non-partisan, community-based, public-interest guardian organisation and think-tank on defence and wider national security issues. Our origins and history can be found here. Our primary mission is to represent the long-term public interest in helping ensure Australia is adequately defended. The ADA’s public-interest guardian focus covers the responsibilities, capabilities, efficiency and accountability of the governmental organs and agencies responsible for defence and wider national security matters. In the broadest sense this means the Australian government as a whole, but it particularly includes the Australian Defence Force (ADF), the Department of Defence and Australia’s six intelligence and security agencies. Our public-interest guardian role can best be compared to the independent, non-partisan, national community watchdogs monitoring other important areas of national governance and public administration. Th
Since 1975 the ADA has been Australias only truly independent, actively non-partisan, community-based, public-interest guardian organisation and think-tank on defence and wider national security issues. Our origins and history can be found here. Our primary mission is to represent the long-term public interest in helping ensure Australia is adequately defended. The objects of the Association are explained and codified in articles 6-7 of our constitution. The ADA’s public-interest guardian focus covers the responsibilities, capabilities, efficiency and accountability of the governmental organs and agencies responsible for defence and wider national security matters. In the broadest sense this means the Australian government as a whole, but it particularly includes the Australian Defence Force (ADF), the Department of Defence and Australia’s six intelligence and security agencies. Our public-interest guardian role can best be compared to the independent, non-partisan, national community
