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Room for defence, firearms manufacturing growth in New South Wales, confirms Chanthivong
There’s room for growth in the manufacturing of defence technology, including firearms, according to comments from NSW Minister ...
A window into Defence, government’s obsession with secrecy and the fanaticism of silence
Silence is king in the Australian government and Department of Defence. Those who have had dealings with either group can attest t...
Cyber war: Pro-Iranian hackers vow to fight on despite a fragile ceasefire with the US
A civilisational apocalypse in Iran may have been averted for now, but despite the ceasefire now in place, hacktivists and state-l...
HMAS Stuart on display in multinational exercise
HMAS Stuart has played an imperative role in the final stage of Exercise Kakadu, with crews praising the frigate’s contribution ...
‘The short answer is yes, we could absolutely deploy’: ADF chief on the Strait of Hormuz
Australia’s Chief of Defence has said that sending a warship to the Strait of Hormuz could “absolutely” be done, if called u...
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Australia falling behind playing the ‘Great Game’ in the Indo-Pacific spells trouble
The prime minister has returned from the region empty-handed and empty-pocketed, meaning only one thing: Australia is in danger of losing the...
September 18 2025
Outside the box thinking critical to hitting 3.5% spending figure: Mick Ryan
With debate once again focusing on the nation’s rate of defence spending, Major General (Ret’d) Mick Ryan AM is calling for some out of the box areas to be...
September 17 2025
Size does matter: Team Albanese works hard to make the Defence budget look ‘bigglier’
Opinion: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has two choices on Australian defence spending as he prepares to meet US President Donald Trump in New York (hopefully, perhaps),...
September 16 2025
‘Don’t fear the dragon’, warns former Aussie ambassador to Beijing
Beijing’s recent victory parade to commemorate the end of the Second World War is no cause for alarm according to a former Australian ambassador to Beijing. But is it a...
September 15 2025
Hit and miss: PM’s Pacific tour records some wins and losses, but competition is the new normal
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has wrapped up a whirlwind tour of the Pacific Islands, hoping to win over friends across the region; however, one Pacific leader has warned...
September 12 2025
Defence spending as a critical economic driver: UK Defence Industrial Strategy heralds age-old shift in thinking
The UK government is seeking to turn an age-old belief that defence spending since the end of World War II does little to boost economic growth and opportunity; by turning...
September 11 2025
ERA, plate armour and steel cages: How Ukraine is improving M1A1 Abrams tanks
Ukrainian technicians are modifying Australian M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks with reactive armour blocks, frontal armour plating and rooftop steel cages in a fast-paced,...
September 10 2025
3% on defence will seem like a bargain if US plans for Indo-Pac pullback come to fruition
Recent leaks about America’s 2026 National Defense Strategy have set tongues wagging and no doubt will trigger heightened anxiety in Canberra as US isolationism and...
September 09 2025
Report: Climate change must be at the core of Australian foreign policy
The climate crisis isn’t just a shibboleth of the Left – it’s a national security challenge Australia must meet.
September 08 2025
Lessons from Washington: How US slashed red tape while Australia drowns in it!
Opinion: After a week of high-level meetings in Washington DC, while the US is rapidly cutting red tape, embracing risk and pouring billions into defence innovation,...
September 05 2025
China’s 2025 Victory Day parade was flawless, and that should worry Western nations
The People’s Republic of China’s 2025 Victory Day parade was a flawless display of advanced military hardware, evolving technological concepts and solid strategic goals....
September 03 2025
Maps, ports and proxies: What Turkey’s experiments teach Australia and the Indo-Pacific about China’s coercion
Opinion: Turkey’s coercive experiments in maritime claims, proxies, ports and drones provide the beta version of a playbook now scaled by China across the Indo-Pacific,...
September 03 2025
Comedian Jim Jefferies shares grief over nephew’s ADF death in ‘Taipan cover-up’
Stand-up comedian and actor Jim Jefferies has shared his grief and frustration at the loss of nephew and Australian Defence Force pilot Maxwell Nugent during an MRH-90 Taipan...
September 02 2025
If not us, then who? The question of who defends Australia hasn’t disappeared, no matter how hard we try
It is an age-old question: “If we don’t take our own security seriously, then how can we expect anyone else to?” Yet for Australia, it seems to once again...
September 01 2025
Despite current doubts, a way forward for AUKUS remains
Making sure the AUKUS pact remains viable and eventually successful is a major “strategic imperative,” one that is still possible, one US think tank contends.
August 29 2025
Elephant in the room: Iranian attacks raise concern about state-sponsored public coercion
After the recently confirmed Iranian attacks in Sydney and Melbourne, should we be concerned about grey zone warfare campaigns to utilise public radicalisation in Australia?
August 28 2025
New US Chief of Naval Operations flags emphasis on ‘new fleet design’, domestic industrial capacity to regain dominance
The new US Navy Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Daryl Caudle, has joined Secretary of the Navy John C Phelan, signalling his intent to overhaul the design of the US Navy...
August 27 2025
Luxury beliefs: Thinking like a great power maybe Australia’s only choice for the future
Great powers often have the luxury of viewing the world in markedly different ways to smaller powers, but one of their key frames of reference, a grand strategy, may...
August 26 2025
There will inevitably be ‘winners’ and ‘losers’ in the new world order – where do we want to end up?
The birth of a new-post World War II order is now inevitable, buoyed by the rise of many formerly “developing” economic, political and strategic powers, resulting...
August 25 2025
Report: Aussie veterans face a raft of challenges integrating back into civilian life
A new survey sheds light on the barriers ADF veterans must overcome once they leave their uniforms behind.
August 22 2025
