6 March 2026 is the day we can say that transparency around Australia’s Department of Defence...
Marcus Hellyer
Victory in the War for Influence & Invoicing: Australia’s Mandarin Advisory Complex at work in two reports
Victory in the War for Influence & Invoicing: Aust | RSS.com President Eisenhower's 1961 farewell...
The Iran war: Australia joins the “Coalescing of the Partly Willing”
Iran War: bad guys, rose petals and donuts – Trump tries for the Big Maduro
Iran War: bad guys, rose petals and donuts - Trump | RSS.com Marcus and Michael reflect on their...
Plumbing new depths in politics. And Chinese sub numbers & PLA purges – actually mindboggling
Plumbing new depths in politics. And Chinese sub n | RSS.com Marcus goes diving to try to find...
Mindboggling! celebrating $30 billion on sub sheds (not actual subs), while leaders outdo One Nation’s darker instincts
Mindboggling! celebrating $30 billion on sub sheds | RSS.com The Grumpy Strategists boggle at the...
Australia’s Defence budget: a sugar hit followed by a $2.6 billion cut. Take that, Mr Trump, sir!
Australia's defence budget update: a sugar hit fol | RSS.com The Grumpy Strategists pan for gold...
Defence’s 2025-26 budget update— billions spent earlier, but billions go out the back door
The Defence portfolio’s mid-year budget update, the Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements...
Deceased estate: Oz Defence sells the silver to fund poor lifestyle choices, & US obliterating Iranian nukes (again).
Deceased estate: Oz Defence sells the silver to fu | RSS.com The Grumpy Strategists look at the...
Penguins, not principles, key to Australia’s Trump management – & Ozzie maritime strategy tied to a collapsing US Navy
Penguins, not principles, key to Australia's Trump | RSS.com Marcus & Michael pull together a...
Trump’s edifice complex gets Grumpy, & 2025 strategic & Aussie military takeaways
Trump's edifice complex gets Grumpy, & 2025 strate | RSS.com What's in a name? The Trumpy...
AUKUS gets steamy, while even cherrypicking can’t make the US National Security Strategy good news
AUKUS gets steamy, & cherrypicking can't make the | RSS.com Well, well, well. the Pentagon's AUKUS...
The hunt for Defence reform downunder: Mr Conroy & the Yeti. And the mystery of sea control with a tiny fleet
The hunt for Defence reform downunder: Mr Conroy & | RSS.com Marcus & his fellow SES emergency...
A democratic lockdown fit for an authoritarian & marking Defence’s Annual Report homework Part 1
A democratic lockdown fit for an authoritarian & m | RSS.com The Grumpies broadcast from...
Trump’s Asia Tour: Crowned with success – and stalemated. And ‘Nuclear Submarines For EVERYONE!!!!’
Trump 's Asia Tour; Crowned with success - and sta | RSS.com The Grumpies consider the net effect...