Australia Defence and Security Report Q3 2009

Publication Date	July 2009
Publisher	Business Monitor
Product Type	Report
Pages	54
ISBN Number	1749-1266
Product Code	BMI00423

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Summary

A white paper designed to chart Australia's defence strategy to 2030 was published in mid-May 2009. It set out some AUD43bn worth of new initiatives over the decade. The then defence minister Joel Fitzgibbon said the commitments would be funded in full by 'growing the underlying defence budget by 3% average real growth to 2017-18, as promised in the 2008-09 budget' and 2.2% growth in 2029/30. A key point in the white paper was the provision for fixed indexation of defence spending at 2.5% each year to 2029-30, the target for consumer price inflation agreed by the Australian government and the Reserve Bank of Australia for the purpose of defence planning.

The plan was originally due to be released in December 2008. The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) had hoped to replace its 32-year-old fleet of Orion AP-3C maritime surveillance planes with a mix of unmanned aerial systems (UAV) and a new patrol aircraft ??

Content

Executive Summary
SWOT Analysis
Australia Security SWOT
Australia Defence SWOT
Australia Political SWOT
Australia Economic SWOT Analysis
Political Overview
Domestic Policy
Foreign Policy
Security Risk Analysis
BMI's Security Ratings
Composite
Regional rank
Trend
Danger rating
City Terrorism Rating
Methodological Overview
Australia's Security Risk Ratings
Terrorism Risk
Conflict Risk
Physical Safety Risk
South East Asia Regional Security
Security Overview
Internal Security Situation
External Security Situation
Armed Forces And Government Spending
Armed Forces
Defence Budget
International Deployments
Weapons Of Mass Destruction
Market Overview
Industry Trends And Developments
Arms Trade Overview
Procurement Trends And Developments
Industry Forecast Scenario
Macroeconomic Forecast Scenario
Company Profiles
Thales Australia (formerly ADI Ltd)
Tenix Defence
Austal
BAE Systems Australia
Raytheon Australia
Boeing Australia
Country Snapshot: Australia Demographic Data
Section 1: Population
Section 2: Education And Healthcare
Section 3: Labour Market And Spending Power
BMI Forecast Modelling
How We Generate Our Industry Forecasts
Defence Industry
Sources
List of Tables
- Table: Asia Pacific Regional Security Ratings
- Table: Asia Pacific State Vulnerability To Terrorism Index
- Table: Methodology
- Table: BMI's Asia City Terrorism Index
- Table: Regional Armed Forces, 2008 ('000 personnel)
- Table: Australia's Defence Sector, 2004-2012
- Table: Australia's Armed Forces, 2004-2012 ('000 personnel)
- Table: Australia ??