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PODCAST: The top topics and commentary impacting the defence sector across 2018

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Stephen Kuper

In this episode of the Defence Connect Podcast, host Phil Tarrant is joined by Defence Connect journalist Steve Kuper to discuss the stories that made the most impact on the Defence Connect audience in 2018.

In this episode of the Defence Connect Podcast, host Phil Tarrant is joined by Defence Connect journalist Steve Kuper to discuss the stories that made the most impact on the Defence Connect audience in 2018.

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They will discuss a year dominated by naval shipbuilding, with almost half of the top 20 stories being centred around the SEA 5000 future frigate program, and both Phil and Steve will discuss the podcasts that they consider to be must-listens.
 
Phil and Steve will also provide some insight into what can be expected from Defence Connect in 2019, and share where you can next meet the team.

Enjoy the podcast,

The Defence Connect team

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Listen to previous episodes of the Defence Connect podcast:

Episode 11: THE PROGRESS REPORT: Direct hit over Baghdad – the pilot who outflew a surface-to-air missile
Episode 10: SPOTLIGHT: Subs may be the centrepiece – but infrastructure, workforce and sovereign capability will decide the outcome, with Stantec Australia’s Chris Waywell, Rob Sansbury and Robert Fogel
Episode 9: CONTESTED GROUND: Apathy, complacency and the ‘Lucky Country’, Australia’s predicament is entirely self-inflicted, with Ben Dullroy
Episode 8: SPECIAL EDITION PODCAST: 125 years of the Royal Australian Navy and Australian Army
Episode 7: CONTESTED GROUND: Australian resilience during a crisis and sovereign industrial capability
Episode 6: CONTESTED GROUND: From Tehran to Sydney – why war could reshape Australian property
Episode 5: SPOTLIGHT: Inside Australia’s AUKUS industrial transformation, with Honeywell Aerospace Australia senior director Lee Davis
Episode 4: CONTESTED GROUND: War without borders – the disinformation threat arriving in Australia
Episode 3: THE PROGRESS REPORT: The mission to make military children visible
Episode 2: PODCAST: Righting the ship, balancing the force, with Senator James Paterson, shadow minister for defence