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6.13 The Government is committed to maintaining the role of the Reserves
in the ADF’s force structure. This will be achieved through a new more
flexible contemporary workforce model, Project Suakin. Project Suakin
will increase the ability of members to move between the Permanent
ADF and Reserves to better meet their changing needs as they progress
through their working life and as their personal circumstances change.
The new workforce model will better support the employment of
Reserves in roles suited to their skills and knowledge across the ADF.
Project Suakin is being implemented through legislation passed in 2015
which introduced a new category of flexible service in the permanent
ADF, and cultural reform and business process reform to make it easier
to transition between the Permanent ADF and Reserves.
6.14 The Government has reformed the ADF Reserve Allowance structure
to reflect the increasing integration of reservists within the total ADF
workforce.
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6.15 Defence has a professional APS workforce which fills roles critical to
delivering Defence’s capability. Around 43 per cent of the intelligence
workforce in Defence are APS employees. Other important roles filled by
APS employees include engineers developing and maintaining defence
capabilities, air traffic controllers at RAAF bases, psychologists and
social workers supporting ADF members and their families, capability
project managers, strategic policy advisers providing advice on planning
and executing operations and managers and planners in a range of
corporate roles including financial, personnel, information management
and facilities.
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6.16 The APS workforce in Defence will be rebalanced in accordance with
the Government’s First Principles Review and the future force structure.
The Defence White Paper provides for a future Australian Public Service
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