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Will Trump sink AUKUS if he wins?
A second Trump presidency is not a certainty, but a forward-thinking Australian government would...
Labor’s evasive action on grounded choppers won’t fly
There is something deeply suspect about the government’s decision to disassemble and bury 45...
Ukraine and helicopters: Mr Albanese needs to dig Defence and Pat Conroy out of a hole of their own making
“Australia stands with Ukraine. We pay tribute to the unwavering resilience and courage displayed...
Decision to bury Taipans dents our support of Ukraine
On Monday, Acting Defence Minister Matt Thistlethwaite farewelled 90 Australian Defence Force...
What’s next in Middle East? Consider these six factors
Sunday, January 7, is three months since Hamas’s terrorist attack in southern Israel,...
Indicators & warnings for a troubled Defence Force – & an unwanted but necessary Christmas gift
The Christmas-New Year Edition - indicators and warnings for the Defence Force - and a Christmas...
Labor adrift in a sea of foreign policy impotence
The Albanese government ends 2023 adrift on national security and foreign policy, like the HMAS...
Refusing Red Sea mission is a failure of kit and conviction
The Australian navy is small and its ships are ageing. In our region and elsewhere, it has...
Prime minister Albanese’s strategic fleet folly
It’s long been Labor policy to stand up our own flagged and Australian-crewed merchant navy for...
Awkward truths about US and UK AUKUS challenges
Three reports over the past two months are required reading for anyone involved in or scrutinising...
A glimpse of things to come – AUKUS hastens slowly
Last weekend the three AUKUS defence ministers met in California to reflect on what their joint...
As Defence’s core functions fail, what’s the plan for change?
A defence force has to have three things work well to be effective: it has to recruit and retain...
Landing craft create paths for shipbuilding
Finally there is some good news in the defence shipbuilding space. On Thursday 24 November, the...
AUKUS own goals – Australia’s disastrous new draft export controls
AUKUS own goals - Australia's new draft export controls | RSS.com "It looks like Australia just...