CONTESTED GROUND: Apathy, complacency and the ‘Lucky Country’, Australia’s predicament is entirely self-inflicted, with Ben Dullroy

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By: Robyn Tongol

Australia has long prided itself on being the “Lucky Country”, celebrating a culture of “she’ll be right” now that a national culture of apathy is biting at home as the world continues to burn.

Australia has long prided itself on being the “Lucky Country”, celebrating a culture of “she’ll be right” now that a national culture of apathy is biting at home as the world continues to burn.

As the war in the Middle East continues to rage by the day, Australia and Australians are beginning to feel the very real ramifications in our daily lives.

All of this comes as Australia’s political leaders and policymakers continue to point fingers at one another for the respective failures over the past three decades that have all combined to leave Australia dangerously exposed to the shocks of the new multipolar world.

 
 

But these aren’t the only challenges that are serving to leave Australia in a volatile, unpredictable position, as social cohesion, industrial and economic resilience and demographics combine to create a powder keg for both the public and its policymakers.

Host Steve Kuper is joined by Ben Dullroy of Beaten Zone Venture Partners and Bravo Delta Advisory as they break down the combination of global and domestic factors shaping the nation’s resilience, stability and security.

This conversation comes at a time when the public and private debate continues about who has failed the nation, were the ultimate costs of neoliberal hyperglobalisation worth it and can we pivot quickly enough to secure our economic, political and strategic interests?

Enjoy the podcast,
The Contested Ground team

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Listen to previous episodes of the Defence Connect podcast:

Episode 11: SPECIAL EDITION PODCAST: 125 years of the Royal Australian Navy and Australian Army
Episode 10: CONTESTED GROUND: Australian resilience during a crisis and sovereign industrial capability
Episode 9: CONTESTED GROUND: From Tehran to Sydney – why war could reshape Australian property
Episode 8: SPOTLIGHT: Inside Australia’s AUKUS industrial transformation, with Honeywell Aerospace Australia senior director Lee Davis
Episode 7: CONTESTED GROUND: War without borders – the disinformation threat arriving in Australia
Episode 6: THE PROGRESS REPORT: The mission to make military children visible
Episode 5: PODCAST: Righting the ship, balancing the force, with Senator James Paterson, shadow minister for defence
Episode 4: SPOTLIGHT: Modern electronic warfare, spectrum congestion and the Australian defence ecosystem, with DEWC Services’ Rian Whitby
Episode 3: CONTESTED GROUND: The intersection of finance, organised crime, terrorism and foreign interference, with Keith Bulfin
Episode 2: CONTESTED GROUND: The fragility of Australia’s energy ecosystem, with AVM (Ret’d) John Blackburn AO