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THE PROGRESS REPORT: Against the tide – Captain Mona Shindy on gender, culture and change in the Royal Australian Navy
Someone has to take the plunge and shoulder the burden.
August 14 2026
PODCAST: UK–Australia defence cooperation, GCAP and CEA advanced radar, with UK Minister Luke Pollard
How can the UK and Australia deepen defence industry cooperation while balancing high-end capabilities with Ukrainian-style affordable mass?
August 13 2026
PODCAST: From hardware to algorithms – how Defence is embedding AI into warfare without surrendering human accountability
Defence’s chief data officer and AI strategist explain how autonomy reshapes decision making while keeping commanders accountable for outcomes
August 06 2026
CONTESTED GROUND: Weak, vulnerable, backwater – Australia’s choice between strategic camps and managed decline
Dr Ross Babbage warns that without urgent economic reform and industrial recalibration, Australia risks becoming a client state of Beijing.
August 05 2026
PODCAST: Undersea dominance – Australia charts the maritime future through autonomous systems and AUKUS innovation
Australia’s next strategic edge will be built beneath the waves, combining autonomous systems, artificial intelligence and AUKUS cooperation to reshape the underwater...
August 04 2026
PODCAST: Australian Army Cadets pathways, submarine industry growth and Australia’s fuel security
How can Australia strengthen its future defence workforce while building sovereign industrial capability across shipbuilding, sustainment and advanced military technology?
July 30 2026
CONTESTED GROUND: The blind faith factor – why Australians trust an ADF they don’t understand
As global security deteriorates, a major new UNSW Canberra survey reveals a startling paradox in the Australian psyche: unwavering trust in the Australian Defence Force,...
July 23 2026
PODCAST: Defence preparedness, artificial intelligence productivity, and Australian industrial resilience
How prepared is Australia for a more contested strategic environment, and what role can defence industry, emerging technology, and economic resilience play in strengthening...
July 23 2026
CONTESTED GROUND: Shots fired! Chinese missile test shatters Australia’s ‘fog of peace’, with Mike Pezzullo
As Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese moves to secure the Pacific and ensure continued alignment with Australia, China threw a wrench in the works by conducting a...
July 14 2026
SPOTLIGHT: Counter-drone innovation, directed energy and delivering operational outcomes, with EOS Defence Systems’ Lee Kormany
How is Australia’s defence industry accelerating innovation to keep pace with rapidly evolving threats, from autonomous drones through to directed energy weapons?
July 14 2026
PODCAST: Strengthening security ties, Fiji defence pact and Australia’s counter-drone push
How can Australia balance the need to strengthen international security partnerships while accelerating investment in domestic defence capability across multiple domains?
July 09 2026
CONTESTED GROUND: Lessons from the UK in political polarisation, generational dislocation and intergenerational warfare, with Ben Dullroy, Bravo Delta Advisory
While Australia’s level of political atomisation is far from as bad as what is being experienced in the broader Western world, we’re not far-off. How we engage with...
July 08 2026
PODCAST: Defence Industry Development Strategy, Defence reform and Australians fighting in Ukraine
Questions remain about how Australia and its partners can respond to a deteriorating strategic environment while balancing capability development, industrial resilience and...
July 02 2026
CONTESTED GROUND: Budget backlash – has Australia lost its political middle ground?
As Australia faces a populist political surge and the established political parties continue to lose ground, can Australia’s “sensible” centre hold, or will decades of...
July 01 2026
CONTESTED GROUND: Australia’s sovereign capability reckoning – why the system is no longer fit for purpose
Host Steve Kuper is joined by former navy logistician Dave Grosvenor and chair of the Gravity Group Steve Hayes for a wide-ranging discussion on Australia’s sovereign...
June 26 2026
PODCAST: Defence export ambitions, drone technology and defence manufacturing hubs
Questions remain around how Australia can grow sovereign capability while responding to evolving strategic challenges.
June 26 2026
PODCAST: Offshore manufacturing, defence procurement and industrial resilience, with Philippe Odouard and David McLaughlin
How can Australia strengthen sovereign industrial capability while building a sustainable and globally competitive defence manufacturing sector?
June 25 2026
SPOTLIGHT: Cyber warfare, autonomy and the future of defence, with Palo Alto Networks’ Tom Scully and MAJGEN (Ret’d) John Davis
How is artificial intelligence changing the world of modern defence operations, cyber security and military decision making?
June 19 2026
CONTESTED GROUND: Fortune favours the bold – building a national security strategy for the 21st century, with Marc Ablong
When Opposition Leader Angus Taylor announced a Coalition government would develop and implement a national security strategy, many shouted, “Finally!”, but delivering a...
June 15 2026
PODCAST: Developing Australia’s ability to take a hit and keep fighting, with the honourable Andrew Hastie MP, shadow minister for industry and sovereign capability
Many critics often describe Australia’s glaring lack of industrial and economic complexity as a major national security challenge, while others see it as a glass jaw...
June 12 2026