The Coalition’s announcement that it will increase defence spending is a long overdue...
Dutton’s defence policy must buy increased military power, fast
It’s been an extraordinary gap in the debate around our federal election that no one has got to...
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...
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...
Walk This Way: Grumpies & ADM cover Defence hit ‘Slowrollin’ & try the new Coke Zero flavour of US alliances
by Marcus Hellyer, Michael Shoebridge and the ADM crew
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
by Peter Jennings, Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
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)...
Grumpies live at the Australian Defence Magazine 2025 Congress – Episode 33
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
Episode 33 - Grumpy Strategists live at the Austra | RSS.com Recorded at the 2025 Australian...
Defence’s murky export statistics
One of the challenges facing those who attempt to scrutinise the performance of the Australian...
Implementing defence industry policy – what you see, and what you don’t
by Rob Bourke
This month marks the first anniversary of the release of the government’s 2024 Defence Industry...
AUKUS: from strategic partnership to a deal kept on the road by Aussie cash
No one should take any comfort from the recent engagement that Defence Minister Richard Marles had...
AUKUS Grifter Watch—Beware breathless claims of economic benefits
Last year I warned about the proliferation of unsubstantiated claims about the economic benefits...













