Dennis Richardson AO, former Secretary of the Department of Defence, Secretary of DFAT, Ambassador of Australia to the United States, and Paul Dibb, former Deputy Secretary for Strategy and Intelligence in the Department of Defence, Director of the Defence Intelligence Organisation, and current ANU Professor, will address the National Press Club of Australia.
- Dennis Richardson commenced as Secretary of the Department of Defence on 18 October 2012
- Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade from January 2010 to October 2012
- Ambassador of Australia to the United States, June 2005-December 2009.
- Director-General of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation 1996-2005.
- Deputy Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs 1993-1996.
- Head of the Review of the Intelligence Community post Cold War 1992.
- Principal Adviser to the Prime Minister 1990-1991.
- Various senior public service roles in the Departments of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and Immigration 1986-1990.
- A range of positions in the then Department of Foreign Affairs, with postings to Nairobi, Port Moresby and Jakarta 1969-1986.
- Graduated from Sydney University with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) 1968.
- Awarded an AO in 2003.
- Born in Kempsey NSW in 1947.
Paul Dibb is Emeritus Professor of strategic studies at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre in the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific. He was Head of the Centre from 1991 to 2004.
His previous positions include: Deputy Secretary for Strategy and Intelligence in the Department of Defence, Director of the Defence Intelligence Organisation, and Head of the National Assessments Staff in the National Intelligence Committee.
He is the author of 5 books and 4 reports to government, as well as more than 150 academic articles and monographs about the security of the Asia-Pacific region, the US alliance, and Australia’s defence policy. He wrote the 1986 Review of Australia’s Defence Capabilities (the Dibb Report) and was the primary author of the 1987 Defence White Paper.
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