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Apathy at our own peril: Polling reveals growing segment of Australian society unfazed by Beijing's provocations, threat
Just weeks following the successful test launch of nuclear-capable ballistic missile in our region, new polling has revealed a gro...
Visionary Machines, Thales set to trial counter-drone detection system next month
Visionary Machines and Thales are working together to trial a new combined counter-uncrewed aircraft detection system to support t...
Queensland commits $4.5 million investment for new cranes, defence revitalisation at Cairncross Docklands
The Queensland Government has announced $4.5 million in investment funding for critical maritime infrastructure at Cairncross Dock...
Navy vessel joins US for Indonesian humanitarian exercise
HMAS Choules has arrived on Indonesian shores ahead of Exercise Pacific Partnership.
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Raytheon UK introduces Red Kite precision weapon using Stormbreaker airframe
Raytheon UK has introduced Red Kite, its first sovereign precision weapon fully designed and digitally engineered in the United Ki...
Feature Insights
Why AUKUS is both a blessing and a curse for the Australian manufacturing industry
Opinion: AUKUS is more than just submarines, it’s a transformative industrial opportunity that can boost Australian manufacturing and...
October 28 2025
Sounds familiar? PM vows push to boost national industrial capacity, promises to ‘rebuild’ manufacturing ‘powerhouse’
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised to “rebuild” Australia’s declining industrial and manufacturing base, transforming us into a manufacturing “powerhouse”...
October 27 2025
Insight: Luckey forecasts next war will be won on transformed civilian manufacturing
Winning the next world war will be decided by America’s ability to rapidly transform civilian car manufacturing into mass weapons production, according to recent...
October 24 2025
Sealing the seams: Why Australia must turn alliance power into sovereign power, now
Opinion: Australia’s defence map has never looked stronger. It sits inside a lattice of alliances: AUKUS for nuclear propulsion and advanced technology, Five Eyes for...
October 23 2025
PM avoids a Trump spray, but questions remain
Kevin Rudd’s public humiliation aside, Prime Minister Albanese has managed to come away from his first bilateral meeting with the US president relatively unscathed, but...
October 22 2025
The Finnish model: Can the Baltic nation’s preparations teach Australia something?
Amid concerns Russia is turning its eyes further to the west, Finland has been quietly preparing, investing in a network of hardened infrastructure and ramping up reserves...
October 21 2025
Wake-up call: Enduring Russian war effort reveals limitations of US, Western power
Despite what we have been told, America’s power has its limits and Russia’s enduring war effort against Ukraine has served to reinforce this, but it also provides...
October 20 2025
New Zealand’s defence uplift: Complementary strength for the Anzac Force
Opinion: New Zealand’s defence capability is on the cusp of its most significant uplift in decades.
October 17 2025
Forging allied industrial power: J-StarX and Project Dynamis join forces
Opinion: The emerging partnership between the US, Japan, and Australia, centred on initiatives like J-StarX and Project Dynamis, demonstrates a practical model for allied...
October 16 2025
Canary in the iron ore mine: China’s demands of BHP signal a bold shift towards de-dollarisation
Beijing’s push to pressure BHP, the world’s biggest miner, into trading in yuan has rattled markets but barely registered with geopolitical analysts. Many have...
October 15 2025
US Navy’s upgrades to Zumwalt Class provide naval leg for conventional deterrence triad model
For nations like Australia, deterrence has long been seen as the preserve of nuclear superpowers. Yet today, conventional deterrence is becoming a defining tool for middle...
October 14 2025
Mobilisation, (re)industrialisation and Australia’s long-term security
Australia’s industrial capacity (or lack thereof) has been increasingly under the microscope in recent weeks, with the rhetoric recognising the importance of a...
October 13 2025
Papua New Guinea, Australia mutual defence treaty secures military and regional stability
The newly signed defence agreement between Australia and Papua New Guinea represents a commonsense outcome and formal acknowledgement between the two countries for the...
October 10 2025
Impactful projection, really? Australia’s siege ‘strategy’ will only hurt us
Since the release of the 2023 Defence Strategic Review and 2024 National Defence Strategy, Australia’s defence strategy has been effectively rebranded by a doctrine of...
October 09 2025
Run out of luck? Curse of the ‘Lucky Country’ strikes again, warns Australian spy chief
For generations, Australians have been told that we are the “Lucky Country” based on Donald Horne’s book of the same name, but once again, his true meaning...
October 08 2025
The war you don’t see: Inside the battle for Australia’s mind
Opinion: China’s hybrid operations against Australia fuse industrial disinformation, cyber infiltration and narrative warfare to reshape markets, weaken alliances like...
October 07 2025
The War You Don’t See: Inside the Battle for Australia’s Mind
China’s hybrid operations against Australia fuse industrial disinformation, cyber infiltration, and narrative warfare to reshape markets, weaken alliances like AUKUS,...
October 07 2025
Far from perfect but closing in on scary levels of capability: Expert warns
Beijing’s military modernisation has rightfully drawn attention from across the Indo-Pacific, and while it has had some setbacks and is far from perfect, the reality is...
October 06 2025
Book review: Roar of the Dragon forecasts worst-case Taiwan scenario
Roar of the Dragon feels like a worst-case scenario of reality as an Indo-Pacific coalition, including Australia, attempts to stop the invasion of Taiwan without the support...
October 02 2025
Next steps: With AUKUS surviving, what should we do next?
With it looking like AUKUS has survived the Trump administration’s review into its viability and impact on the US Navy’s own future submarine capabilities and...
October 01 2025