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``Chapter Nine: Implementing this
Defence White Paper
9.1 The Government’s decisions in this Defence White Paper will be
implemented in the same deliberate, rigorous, and methodical way
that we have approached the development of the White Paper. We have
provided the budget certainty and consistency required by Defence,
Australian defence industry and our domestic and international partners
to deliver the long-term plans set out in this White Paper to safeguard
the future security and prosperity of our country.
9.2 To deliver the Government’s long-term plans, implementation must
start now. To set Defence on the path to implementing the plans set
out in this White Paper, Defence will develop an integrated two-year
White Paper implementation strategy to be finalised within one month
of release of this White Paper. The implementation strategy will ensure
Defence maintains tight alignment of strategy, capability and resources.
9.3 Implementing the Government’s direction in this White Paper will require
strong coordination and sustained priority and energy. Implementation
will be driven by Defence’s stronger strategic centre. The Defence
Committee has been repositioned to provide the Secretary of the
Department of Defence and the Chief of the Defence Force with an
effective strategic forum to make major organisational, capability and
resourcing decisions. The Defence Committee will be responsible for
leading and coordinating White Paper implementation across Defence.
9.4 The implementation strategy will be aligned with First Principles Review
and cultural reform implementation. Under the First Principles Review
we have directed the most sweeping structural and business process
reforms since the 1990s so that we have an organisation capable of
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