Oh dear, what have you done to my fleet!? & Is Aus | RSS.com The Grumpies go over an Audit report...
No hiding the gap between rhetoric and reality on spending
The Australian government has wedged itself on defence. The glaring gulf between its rhetoric...
The AUKUS emergency episode: What-the-Hell-Just Happpppppened? The Trump Review that’s what.
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
The AUKUS emergency episode: What-the-Hell-Just Ha | RSS.com With the UK Eurovision entry...
AUKUS reviews can’t hide the challenges facing submarine pipelines and politics
It’s been an eventful couple of weeks in AUKUS submarine land. The event that made the biggest...
Common defence Myth Takes, North Korean real estate, & UK defence review echoes Oz
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
Common defence Myth Takes, North Korean real estat | RSS.com Back from teaming with Dennis Rodman...
Grumpy Strategists Popes and Prime Ministers edition – Episode 40
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
Grumpy Strategists Popes and Prime Ministers editi | RSS.com YouTube version available here....
The Coalition’s defence funding by the numbers – breaking the permafrost
Last week the Liberal Party released its defence policy (slightly) ahead of Saturday’s federal...
The Coalition’s defence funding: new dollars can hedge strategic risks
The Coalition’s announcement that it will increase defence spending is a long overdue...
Grumpy Strategists’ first video podcast: Defence Dollars & Decisions edition
by Marcus Hellyer, Michael Shoebridge and Peter Jennings
Watch the video podcast here on YouTube The Grumpies Marcus and Michael are joined by SAA...
Defence 2025: Dollars and decisions
by Marcus Hellyer, Michael Shoebridge and Peter Jennings
This report comes at an unusual moment for Australian security. We’re in the middle of a federal...
The Grumpies’ Heard Island Edition: a risky America, determined penguins – & Australians see nothing happening.
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
The Grumpy Heard Island Edition: a risky America, | RSS.com The Grumpy Strategists visit Trump...
Episode 36: A Grumpy Strategist meets a Wise Owl: caught between China & the US, Australia fixates on a 2040 Fantasy Force
by Peter Jennings and Marcus Hellyer
Episode 36: A Grumpy Strategist meets a Wise Owl: | RSS.com Grumpy Strategist Marcus Hellyer talks...
Australia’s 2025-26 Defence Budget: $59 billion, but the Government’s still missing its moment
Cometh the moment, cometh the man goes the old saying. And the moment has certainly come. We have...
Australia’s defence needs more than hot air
We are in an age of upheaval. President Donald Trump’s actions are accelerating many of...
Episode 35: Australian ‘wombat resistance’ to Trump begins, the masterplan for zero tariffs and debates swirl on “Plan B’ for security
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
Episode 35: Australian 'wombat resistance' to Trum | RSS.com Marcus and Michael explore the...










