| Minister for Defence |
The Hon. Dr Brendan Nelson MP |
| Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence |
The Hon. Bruce Billson MP |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence |
Senator The Hon. Sandy Macdonald |
| Secretary of Defence (SECDEF) |
Mr Richard C. Smith |
| Chief of the Defence Force (CDF) |
Air Chief Marshal Allan Grant (Angus) Houston, AO, AFC |
| Chief Executive Officer of the Defence Materiel Organisation (CEO DMO) |
Dr Stephen Gumley |
| Vice Chief of the Defence Force (VCDF) |
Lieutenant General K.J. Gillespie, AO, DSC, CSM |
| Chief of Navy (CN) |
Vice Admiral Russ Shalders, AO, CSC, RAN |
| Chief of Army (CA) |
Lieutenant General P.F. Leahy, AO |
| Chief of Air Force (CAF) |
Air Marshal Geoffrey David Shepherd, AO |
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