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Episode 36: A Grumpy Strategist meets a Wise Owl: caught between China & the US, Australia fixates on a 2040 Fantasy Force
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...
If Ukraine, Israel & Taiwan don’t matter, who’s got our back?
The seven-front war against Israel is heating up once again and the intensity of fighting in...
Episode 35: Australian ‘wombat resistance’ to Trump begins, the masterplan for zero tariffs and debates swirl on “Plan B’ for security
Episode 35: Australian 'wombat resistance' to Trum | RSS.com Marcus and Michael explore the...
The ‘5 Eyes’ & Trump: problems of trust & mistrust
The 5 Eyes intelligence partnership between Australia, the US, Canada, New Zealand and the UK is...
Forget Collins, these should be our defence priorities
The plan to upgrade the Collins-class submarines with a life-of-type...
Walk This Way: Grumpies & ADM cover Defence hit ‘Slowrollin’ & try the new Coke Zero flavour of US alliances
Walk This Way: Grumpies & ADM cover Defence hit Sl | RSS.com Not since Run DMC & Aerosmith did...
No Higher Priority – urgent actions on defence for Australia’s next government
This is unbelievable: FINALLY, the book you have all been waiting for 'No Higher Priority'. One...
DOGE and American military power – there’s a tsunami coming
Elon Musk has the goal of saving $US1 trillion dollars from the US Federal Government’s...
The 2025 Defence budget update: still sleeping walking to disaster
The Government recently released the 2024-25 Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements (PAES)...
Trump halting military support to Ukraine risks handing both a propaganda and a real victory to Putin
After the disastrous Oval Office meeting with Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelensky, Donald...
The facts have changed. Has the Australian Government noticed?
It’s important not to panic and to jump at ghosts and shadows. But when the facts change, a sane...
Beijing tested our defences — Anthony Albanese blew it
For years Australian ministers have said the country faces the most difficult strategic...