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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
In defence of democracy, Australia must become a serious nation
No matter where one looks, the democratic world is besieged — at home, we face the challenges of increasingly polarised populations, abroad, we...
February 24 2023
Artificial intelligence must be managed to be effective
Opinion: A fast-developing area of AUKUS’ second pillar technologies is artificial intelligence (AI) and all kinds of applications. At the same time, the defence community...
February 14 2023
It is time to restore engineers to their rightful place in the world
Opinion: Has engineering had its heyday? This might sound like an absurd question as we enter 2023 with an energy crisis, a global shortage of scientific and technical...
February 13 2023
As the Australian Defence Force’s F-35A fleet approaches full operational capability, the US Congress and Pentagon mull upgrading the Block 4 propulsion systems with adaptive engine technology
Opinion: The F-35 program is the most successful weapons program in history. In large part, this has been due to the non-partisan partnership between allies. Could the US...
January 30 2023
Defence needs to think more like a start-up
Opinion: Last year has taught us that we cannot be complacent in funding our defence sectors — one need only look at the invasion of Ukraine to see how possible global...
January 25 2023
Data is never going to become less valuable — Here’s how cyber criminals will evolve in 2023 to reach it
Opinion: 2022 has been one of the most consequential on record for the global cyber security sector. Mike Sentonas, chief technology officer at CrowdStrike, pens his...
January 04 2023
Learning from how the Big Australian considers its options
Opinion: As Australia looks forward to 2023, former naval officer and defence industry analyst Christopher Skinner examines how the business decisions of leading Australian...
January 03 2023
Let’s not cut Australian data off from the rest of the world
Opinion: If the recent cyber attacks and data breaches making the news in Australia have not given organisations across the country pause for thought to consider where and...
December 23 2022
More transparency, tougher defences: One year of SOCI
Opinion: Australia’s Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure Protection) Act 2022 amendments have been in place for nearly a year, and in this time,...
December 14 2022
Crafting an ADF innovation strategy that fits today’s environment
Opinion: Dr Carl Rhodes, founder of Robust Policy and former director of RAND Australia, assesses how Defence can enhance its innovation strategy.
December 08 2022
Nuclear submarine final assembly is Australia’s moonshot for energy and security
Opinion: Former naval officer and defence industry analyst Christopher Skinner argues that Australia can build nuclear submarines locally in a timely and affordable...
December 05 2022
Australia vulnerable until defence budgets are rebalanced
Opinion: Australia’s Defence spend continues to be allocated to traditional forms of combat, which is ultimately leaving us exposed, writes Oleg Vornik, chief executive...
November 29 2022
Experts advise Japanese government to increase tax for new military spending
Advisers to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida have urged the government to increase taxes to cover large-scale increases in the nation’s defence budget while defence...
November 23 2022
The challenge of achieving quantum-proof encryption
Opinion: It might still be buried deep in development labs and years away from mainstream use, however quantum computing promises to usher in never-before-seen technical...
November 17 2022
C-130J — ‘You can never have too much airlift’
Opinion: Air Marshal (Ret’d) Warren McDonald AO, CSC, chief executive of Lockheed Martin Australia and New Zealand, discusses the government’s plans to replace and...
November 10 2022
Defence families call on the government for additional funding
Opinion: Renee Wilson, chief executive officer of Australian War Widows NSW, reflects on the impact of the recent federal budget on veterans’ families and provides...
November 02 2022
Certification in the defence industry — much more than just ticks in boxes
Opinion: The world has been fixated on the ever-growing conflict between Ukraine and Russia these last eight months. Coupled with rising tensions between the US and China,...
November 01 2022
Deterrence — Sounds simple, not so straightforward in practice
Opinion: Air Marshal (ret’d) John Harvey AM PhD, unpacks deterrence theory amid major developments in the strategic environment.
October 26 2022
The risk of cyber security going off the rails
Opinion: Security teams are used to managing risks faced by other parts of the organisation but must also get better at addressing risks that challenge their own functional...
October 24 2022
A best practice approach for naval acquisitions
Opinion: How can Defence optimise the naval acquisition process amid cost blowouts and delays? RAN veteran and defence analyst Christopher Skinner explores.
October 17 2022
