Biography
CDLE
The Centre for Defence Leadership and Ethics, situated at the Australian Defence College, Weston Campus in the Australian Capital Territory, specializes in providing advice, education, and research to enhance command, leadership, and ethics within the Department of Defence. It offers a variety of services including managing, developing, and promoting related education, publications, and doctrine, and plays a key role in guiding Joint Professional Military Education requirements across various training environments.
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CDLE Ethics ConferenceADF-P-0 Military Ethics, Four Years OnThis panel discussed the Identification of strengths and shortfalls in the current ADF ethics doctrine, to inform the 2026 edition.
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CDLE Ethics ConferenceThe Impact of Environment on Moral CourageIn this discussion, the panel members discuss the identification of situational factors that lead to ethical fade and how to mitigate against them.
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CDLE Ethics ConferenceLeadership and Ethics Professional DevelopmentThe panel seeks to identify strengths and shortfalls in our current approach and opportunities to improve them.
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CDLE Ethics ConferenceKeynote Address - The Hard RightLTGEN John Frewen, AO, DSC, Former Chief of Joint Capabilities, delivers the Keynote address, 'The Hard Right,' for the 2025 Ethics Conference.
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CDLE Ethics ConferenceConference Highlight ReelThis highlight reel contains interviews with some of the guest speakers, discussing the importance of the conference.
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Doctrine AudiobooksCulture DoctrineCulture DoctrineThe content of this publication has been derived from general principles and doctrine contained in other relevant publications, Defence manuals, and allied publications and agreements.
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Doctrine AudiobooksCommandCommandAustralian Defence Force – Philosophical – 0 Command, Edition 1 is issued for use by the Australian Defence Force and is effective forthwith. This publication supersedes ADF-P-0 Command and Control, Edition 2.
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CommandAcknowledgements and further reading - Command doctrineFurther reading list for the Command Doctrine.
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Jamie Cullens Writing Competition 2022Jamie Cullens Writing Competition - 2022 WinnersAuthors were invited to address a generic theme of leadership, culture, or ethics in Defence.
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Doctrine AudiobooksCharacterCharacter DoctrineCharacter Lies at the heart of Leadership
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CharacterCharacter Doctrine - Further Reading
The Australian Defence Force also acknowledges an intellectual debt to all the sources that have shaped the preparation of this document. The following readings are recommended:
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Jamie Cullens Writing Competition 2021Jamie Cullens Writing Competition - 2021 WinnersCongratulations to the 2021 Jamie Cullens Defence Writing Competition Winners.
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Jamie Cullens Writing Competition 2020Jamie Cullens Writing Competition - 2020 Winners<5 min01/06/2021 -
Jamie Cullens Writing Competition 2019Jamie Cullens Defence Essay Competition - 2019 Winners<5 min06/12/2019 -
Jamie Cullens Writing CompetitionJamie Cullens Defence Essay Competition - 2018 WinnersThe annual Jamie Cullens Defence Leadership and Ethics Essay Competition was established in 2018 to promote critical thinking and discussion around contemporary leadership and ethics, and considerations for ethical issues for the future of the profession of arms. The Forge welcomes you to read the prize winning essays for 2018.
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Lead Operating SystemsThe Royal Australian Air Force Leadership CompanionThe Air Force Leadership Companion is designed to assist Air Force personnel in understanding and contextualising the foundations of leadership as espoused in ADDP 00.6 Leadership. This companion explores the context of Social Mastery: Character, Professional Ethics, Followership and Leadership in the Air Force.> 30 min23/10/2018 -
Lead Operating SystemsADDP 00.6 Leadership Ed2The aim of ADDP 00.6 is to guide the development of leaders in the ADF. This publication provides philosophical and application level doctrine on leadership and describes the basic leadership tenets, principles, behaviours and considerations necessary for leadership in the ADF.> 30 min01/01/2018
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Lead Operating SystemsCDLE Command Paper 2 - 2004CDLE Command Paper 2-2004 is a commentary and discussion on developing a Command philosophy. Developed by CDLE for the Australian Command and Staff Course in 2004, it has some timeless advice regarding how to tackle command and how to develop a command phiolospohy whether it is personal or officially promulgated.> 30 min23/02/2004