Leadership

2016

Afghanistan: Lessons from Australia’s Whole-of-Government Mission

Lead Author/s

Over the past two decades, Australia has accumulated considerable experience with whole-of-government missions in complex environments, including in the Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste.

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Video: Afghanistan Lessons from Australia's Whole of Government Mission

Lessons from Australia’s Whole-of-Government Mission Report commissioned by the Department of Defence, in coordination with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Australian Federal Police which outlines the strengths, good practices and challenges of Australia’s mission in Afghanistan at the whole-of-government level.

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Military Adviser

ACMC Military Adviser

The ACMC's Military Adviser serves as a conduit to the Australian Defence Force and provides advice and insights from a military perspective.

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Video: Leading Together

This video trailer is an introduction to "Leading Together, a Leadership Film" in which inspiring leaders share candidly what they have learned from hard won experience in international crisis response. - Watch online, order a FREE DVD copy.

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Strengthening the Rule of Law through the United Nations Security Council: Policy Proposals

Lead Author/s

Jeremy Farrall

These Policy Proposals are the product of a three-year Australian Research Council-funded project on ‘Strengthening the Rule of Law through the UN Security Council’.

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The Australian Civil-Military Centre

We are an Australian Government initiative to improve Australia’s effectiveness in civil-military-police collaboration for conflict and disaster management overseas.

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29 Jul 2025

ACMC facilitates ICRC visit to Ex Talisman Sabre 25

Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025 offered ACMC the opportunity to host delegates from the ICRC to visit the ADF’s exercise detention facility to observe a range of scenarios, including the detention of prisoners of war. Under the Law of Armed Conflict, ICRC has the right to undertake humanitarian visits to prisoners of war and civilian internees during armed conflict.

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Director, Concepts and Capability

Mr Brian Boulton, AM, CSC

The Concepts and Capability Directorate integrates cross-agency programs on emerging civil-military-police concepts with research and initiatives building capability through preparedness, lessons and evaluation, and humanitarian-government coordination. The Directorate also includes ACMC’s Business Operations and Governance functions.

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2012

Partnering for Peace

Australia’s peacekeeping and peace-building experiences in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, and in Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste.

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Director General

Nicola Rosenblum

The position of ACMC Director General is provided by the Department of Defence, but serves a whole of government mandate.

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