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PODCAST: Drones over Williamtown, radar exports and Australia’s evolving defence partnerships
How can Australia strengthen the protection of critical defence infrastructure while navigating the modern drone-heavy environment...
Australia calls cyber experts to serve in new Defence Cyber Reserve Force
Experienced Australian cyber professionals are being encouraged to bring their skills into Defence under a new Cyber Reserve Force...
AS9 Huntsman artillery makes battlefield debut at Exercise Pozieres Run in Townsville
The Australian-made AS9 Huntsman artillery has made its battlefield debut after being deployed for the 1st (Australian) Division�...
New US tariffs on drones, components raise defence industry hackles in Australia
New tariffs announced by the US government on drone systems and their components have raised concerns about how Australian defence...
Nova doubles footprint of National Systems Integration Centre
Nova Systems has announced it will expand its National Systems Integration Centre into a new facility more than double the size of...
Opinion
Right-wing identity politics: Increasingly loud, extremely close, and growing in threat
The ability to politically connect with others, share insights and engage in public discourse with people you agree and disagree with is one of the...
January 15 2026
Luckey forecasts American return to ‘weapons sales, friendship’ with reformed China
“America will have a great international friendship and sell weapons to a reformed China in the future”, according to US defence technology entrepreneur Palmer...
January 12 2026
Wait a minute, is America invading Greenland?
US President Donald J Trump is no stranger to using military threats as a political play, with much of his second term, thus far, being defined by his foreign policy moves,...
January 09 2026
Australian, Japanese strategic interests converge at critical juncture
Australian and Japanese strategic interests are progressively converging in the new era of Indo-Pacific strategic anxiety.
December 18 2025
Blurred lines: Can China’s international fishing fleet break Australian fish stocks and national spirit?
A land girt by sea could be particularly vulnerable to grey-zone warfare tactics designed to break the ecosystem or civilian relationship with that sea.
December 11 2025
US and China global power struggle not a repeat of Cold War, says former CDF Campbell
The global power struggle between the United States and China is not a repeat of the Cold War, according to recent comments made by former Australian Defence Force Chief of...
December 10 2025
Bomber rotations, hypersonic missile production among AUSMIN bonanza
Hypersonic cruise missile co-production, bomber rotations, cyber coordination and streamlined export processes have featured prominently among a raft of joint military...
December 09 2025
Report findings: Australia to refine business definitions, reallocate defence spending for ‘sovereign dividend’
The Australian government needs to more clearly refine “Australian business” definitions and reallocate domestic spending from foreign-owned subsidiaries to...
December 05 2025
Australia can’t afford a BAU approach to AUKUS Pillar 2 investment
Opinion: Australia risks squandering AUKUS Pillar 2 unless it urgently shifts from slow, consultancy-driven processes to fast, practical, bottom-up capability building that...
November 28 2025
Dear minister: Australians expect better, soldiers deserve better than politically motivated investigations
Opinion: Dear Minister for Defence, the Honourable Richard Marles MP, and shadow defence minister Angus Taylor MP.
November 24 2025
Fifth-generation rivalry: F-35 and Su-57 fighter showdown at Dubai Airshow 2025
An air power grudge match between Lockheed Martin F-35 and Sukhoi Su-57 fighter jets has taken centre stage at the Dubai Airshow 2025 in the United Arab Emirates this week.
November 21 2025
It is no time to go with the flow
Opinion: For most of my life, Australia has enjoyed the benevolence of a global order dominated by the United States, affording us a luxury of being able to “go with...
November 20 2025
EXCLUSIVE: UAE Space Agency founder discusses sovereign capability, space strategic advantage
United Arab Emirates Space Agency founder, former director-general and EDGE Group space division senior adviser, Dr Mohammed Nasser Al Ahbabi, shares his thoughts on the...
November 13 2025
Tide turning against defence industry’s long struggle for financial backing
The tide is officially turning against the Australian defence industry’s struggle for financial backing, and even basic services.
October 31 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
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
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
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
Local special interests push back with ‘Port Kembla Declaration’, but they are missing the point and the opportunities
A group of concerned local special interests groups have launched their latest attack on the potential use of Port Kembla on the NSW South Coast as the proposed east coast...
September 25 2025
Naval readiness begins ashore: Infrastructure is the weak link
Opinion: Australia’s Navy risks being strong on paper but constrained in practice without modern, resilient infrastructure to sustain operations across two oceans....
September 19 2025