About Us

The Royal United Services Institute of Australia is here to support the Defence Mission and to promote informed debate on Defence and Security matters. The Institute is grateful to receive funding and other valued support from the Department of Defence in this mission.

We are grateful to receive financial support from our major National Sponsor Rolls-Royce.

The RUSI is a federation of independently constituted state and territory chapters, headquartered in Canberra, ACT. It is a non-profit organisation registered with the Australian Taxation Office and an Association registered with the ACT Government under the Associations Act. It provides educational, research and related services through its library services, website, journals and periodicals, regular presentations, conferences and seminars and visits to military installations.

The Royal United Services Institute of Australia has a long tradition of serving the community by promoting a better understanding of defence and national security.  This includes an understanding of Australian defence strategy, contemporary and historic conflict, developments in military science and technology and all aspects of defence and security as they relate to Australia now and into the future. It has several thousand members in all states and the ACT and include serving and retired members of the Australian Defence Force and other interested in defence and national security.