Talk:Department of Defence (Australia)

Right hand table
Some of the valuse in the info box are subject to rapid change, like the budget for 06-07 was $16bil and for 07-08 it was $22bil. do ew want an average, or the most recent information? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iamcon (talk • contribs) 10:50, August 26, 2007 (UTC)

WP:Undue - Wikipedia WikiScanner controversy
With the passage of time the section on Wikipedia WikiScanner controversy looks to be unnecessary, both in part as a self-reference to Wikipedia and as meeting WP:UNDUE - any thoughts?--Matilda talk 23:29, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Nice work getting rid of it. --Nick Dowling (talk) 09:09, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Agreed - covered in context at WikiScanner --Melburnian (talk) 09:27, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

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 * Template now used - description on image page was sufficient in my use but poor old bot couldn't cope without specific mention of the article in the rationale text.--Matilda talk 21:48, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Department executive
I have deleted all but the Secretary from the Department executive list. I think this is appropriate as it is consistent with other pages, not just other departments, but also corporations, for example Commonwealth Bank. Further, the positions change often.

If a consensus is reached that other users believe including this information is appropriate, then I would suggest it should not be in the side-bar and article space is the place to do it.

What do others think?

Clare. (talk) 10:04, 15 October 2014 (UTC)


 * I agree with this. Deputy secretaries and equivalent hold important posts, but we don't need to name them (and doing so would be something of a maintenance issue given that there's a steady turnover). Anyone looking for this information can easily find it on the departments' websites. Nick-D (talk) 10:10, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

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Should we clarify spelling?
Is Defense spelled the modern way "defense" or the anachronistic way "defence"? 203.46.132.214 (talk) 06:27, 26 June 2023 (UTC)