To:
Hon Steven Marshall MP
Premier of South Australia
This annual report is to be presented to Parliament to meet the statutory reporting requirements of the Public Sector Act 2009 and the Public Finance and Audit Act 1987 and meets the requirements of Premier and Cabinet Circular PC013 Annual Reporting.
This report is verified to be accurate for the purposes of annual reporting to the Parliament of South Australia.
Submitted on behalf of the Defence SA by:
Richard Price
Chief Executive
Contents
Key strategies and their relationship to SA Government objectives
Agency programs and initiatives and their effectiveness and efficiency
Legislation administered by the agency
Other agencies related to this agency (within the Minister’s area/s of responsibility)
Employment opportunity programs
Agency performance management and development systems
Work health, safety and return to work programs of the agency and their effectiveness
Work health and safety and return to work performance
Strategies implemented to control and prevent fraud
Executive employment in the agency
Financial performance of the agency
Section B: Reporting required under any other act or regulation
Reporting required under the Carers’ Recognition Act 2005
Section C: Reporting of public complaints as requested by the Ombudsman
Summary of complaints by subject
Appendix: Audited financial statements 2017-18
Section A: Reporting required under the Public Sector Act 2009, the Public Sector Regulations 2010 and the Public Finance and Audit Act 1987
Agency purpose or role
Defence SA is South Australia’s lead government agency for all defence related matters.
The agency’s mission is to grow the defence industry and strengthen the Australian Defence Force’s presence in the state. Working closely with defence and industry, Defence SA targets investment and expansion opportunities, drives and supports the delivery of major defence projects and facilities, and pursues the location of additional Defence units and capabilities in the state.
Defence SA aims to support the Australian Government’s strategic defence policy. This is through increased local industry participation, ensuring that a highly skilled, industry-ready workforce is in place, and the necessary infrastructure exists to underpin defence projects.
Defence SA is working towards capturing further defence-related work opportunities for South Australian businesses in the shipbuilding, cyber and systems, space and defence science and research domains.
The South Australian Space Industry Centre (SASIC) was launched in September 2017. This marked the creation of the nation’s first dedicated centre to grow the local space economy and create future high-tech jobs.
The Defence SA Advisory Board (the Board) provides high-level strategic and policy advice. This promotes the growth of Defence and defence industries. The Board also advocates on behalf of the state on defence and defence industries issues.
Objectives
- Advocacy and support: in collaboration with the Australian Government, Defence and industry, Defence SA works to ensure the required workforce, skills, and infrastructure are available to capitalise on the emerging defence industry opportunities.
- Shipbuilding: to ensure South Australia maintains its position as the nation’s centre for warship and submarine building and sustainment.
- Cyber and systems: to position South Australia as a centre of excellence for cyber capability and processing, exploiting and disseminating intelligence.
- Defence science and research: to position South Australia as a national leader in developing intellectual property.
- Space: to position South Australia as the nation’s space industry centre.
Key strategies and their relationship to SA Government objectives
Key strategy | SA Government objective |
Creating a sustainable and export-ready defence industry. | The South Australian Government is focussed on creating more jobs for South Australians. |
Developing South Australia’s space ecosystem. | The South Australian Government is committed to developing a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship through growth industries including space. |
Attraction of additional defence companies to South Australia and support of sustainable defence industry growth. | The South Australian Government is creating an environment where businesses from emerging industries, including defence and space, can invest, expand and create more jobs. |
Ensuring South Australia is able to meet the workforce and skills demands of the defence industry to deliver major Defence projects. | The South Australian Government is committed to ensuring South Australians have the skills and are job-ready for key growth industries including defence. |
Agency programs and initiatives and their effectiveness and efficiency
Program name | Indicators of performance/effectiveness/efficiency | Outcome for South Australia |
Investment attraction and industry development | In 2017-18, Defence SA provided support to Becker Helicopters to establish a new operating base in Whyalla. This will create 80 jobs and train 100-200 international students.
Defence SA provided support to Raytheon Australia to establish their Centre for Joint Integration in South Australia. This will create over 350 new FTE positions by 2028. With support from the Defence SA Advisory Board, Defe |