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Stuffed it: Middle East adventures throw economy, allies and stability into disarray
Opinion: By now it is pretty clear that the conflict in the Middle East responsible for constraining at least 20–25 per cent of ...
Bill passes to support the Defence and Veterans’ Service Commission
The federal government has passed a new bill following the recommendations from the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suic...
Tired of winning: US government shows how to lose an industry and hurt its friends
Opinion: US policy reversals under Trump scrapping EV incentives, imposing broad tariffs and triggering an oil shock have undermin...
Common User Facility opens in Tasmania for Defence, industry, academic maritime research
Australia has officially opened a secure Common User Facility at the University of Tasmania’s Australian Maritime College in Lau...
New ADF participation targets, medical training announced under Defence First Nations Commitment
Defence has announced the release of the Defence First Nations Commitment, developing First Nations-led Mental Health First Aid tr...
Opinion
Ukraine and China: Déjà vu all over again for Albanese at NATO
Opinion: Anthony Albanese faces a testing trip to the NATO meeting in Lithuania’s capital, Vilnius, this week. And it shouldn’t be like...
July 11 2023
Overslept: Australia waking up last in Defence recruitment race
There’s clear evidence that Australia is losing the Defence recruitment race and the gap is widening each year.
July 06 2023
Communications integral to the success of defence companies
Opinion: Defence companies in Australia have, at times, under-invested in their brand and marketing activities. Sure, there are many examples of companies competing with...
June 21 2023
What would the Pentagon’s Yoda have said about the Defence Strategic Review?
Opinion: Much has been written on the Defence Strategic Review (DSR) and potential implications of several of its proposals for the future. One recommendation on force...
June 13 2023
Conceptualising deterrence: An escalating problem
Opinion: In the Australian context, deterrence has evolved immensely since the end of the Second World War, and this evolution is set for another round of changes as the...
June 12 2023
UK’s Barrow-in-Furness gives a glimpse of Australia’s future subs program
Opinion: While it’s a lovely town, Barrow-in-Furness shows that the assembly of nuclear submarines will not create a vibrant local economy outside the walls of the...
June 07 2023
Small ships, big effects
Opinion: The introduction of a fleet of missile-armed patrol boats to the Royal Australian Navy forms a lethal and agile component of the DSR’s strategy of deterrence,...
June 06 2023
The unique nature of our service
Opinion: The families of defence members wear no medals nor uniform — they stand unrecognisable, and unseen in the shadow of their loved one — yet the ripple...
May 17 2023
Growing Australian industry involvement in the supply chain
Opinion: Building Australia’s industrial capability to support and deliver next-generation defence capabilities is an essential step towards building and enhancing national...
May 02 2023
The Anzac biscuit — a mixed bag of new ideas and old assumptions
Opinion: The public version of the government response to the Defence Strategic Review report provides clarity and many innovative new ideas, although set in a continuing...
April 28 2023
DSR and adapt – Implementing DSR as a wargame
Opinion: “Improvise, adapt, and overcome” are famous words from survival expert and former British SAS operator Bear Grylls, not seemingly relevant to modern...
April 14 2023
The way ahead unfolds as progress is achieved
Opinion: There is an unjustified poor regard for defence program acquisition costs and delivery dates. What the general public fails to understand is that in many cases, the...
April 12 2023
Ahead of the Defence Strategic Review: Why submarines, ghost drones and missiles won’t solve all our problems
Opinion: The Defence Strategic Review, recently handed to the Australian government, will have a heavy emphasis on Defence hardware — submarines, missiles, armoured...
April 11 2023
Filling the deterrence hole left by AUKUS subs
Opinion: There’s a hole in the middle of the discussion about defence, AUKUS and nuclear submarines. And that hole is what will be done to deter conflict involving China...
April 06 2023
AUKUS – the generational telescope
Opinion: The AUKUS announcement early Tuesday, 14th March, by the three heads of state from the spectacular setting in the US Navy Submarine Base, San Diego, California, with...
March 28 2023
Common AUKUS-designed submarine would be best industrial and economic option
Opinion: With the conversation around Australia’s nuclear submarine options of either Astute or Virginia Class boats now decided with the government identifying a pathway...
March 24 2023
Undersea warfare capability should surface in DSR
Opinion: Economic coercion, cyber attacks, aggressive behaviour in international waters, incursions into national air spaces, and other assertive actions have revealed China...
March 17 2023
Australian grand strategy is about continuation of our way of life
Opinion: What we need is a grand strategy that overarches the DSR recommendations and says simply that Australia and all Australians are committed to maintaining the freedoms...
March 08 2023
The lessons of the bombing of Darwin
Opinion: When war came to Darwin’s skies 81 years ago, a city’s fate rested in the hands of a few patriots, writes Luke Gosling OAM, Member for Solomon.
March 07 2023
Defence Strategic Review must tackle Australia’s drone vulnerability
Opinion: One of the most striking aspects of the Ukraine war has been the impact of drones. Global audiences have been enthralled by YouTube videos of Russian tanks reduced...
February 27 2023
