Opinion

The Anzac biscuit — a mixed bag of new ideas and old assumptions

April 28 2023

Opinion: The public version of the government response to the Defence Strategic Review report provides clarity and many innovative new ideas, although...

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

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 face the growing question...

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

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